Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hooker
IPA transcription: [h'ʊkɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hooker
    Meaning: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
  • Synonyms: hooker
    Meaning: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
  • Synonyms: streetwalker, street_girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern
    Meaning: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
  • Synonyms: Hooker, Richard_Hooker
    Meaning: English theologian (1554-1600)
  • Synonyms: Hooker, Joseph_Hooker, Fighting_Joe_Hooker
    Meaning: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
Usage examples
  • "Well, say, Hooker," exclaimed Phil, "you're all right!
  • Any one approaching the vessel's moorings would have recognized a Biscayan hooker.
  • These measured strokes have worked away the creek where the Biscay hooker was moored.
  • At noon that day Roy Hooker returned to school, bringing a written excuse from his mother.
  • The cedar of Lebanon, said Sir Joseph Hooker, occurs upon one of the moraines of an ancient glacier.
  • Roger Eliot lingered to speak a word to Hooker, and Springer, still unnoticed, plainly heard what he said.
  • For several days he lingered, hearing how Lee beat Hooker, in detail, and forced him back across the river.
  • At the close of the game there was another boy on the field who was quite as glum and downcast as Hooker himself.
  • "But they wouldn't if it hadn't been for----" Choking, as he realized what he had so nearly said, Hooker bit his tongue.
  • For a while it seemed as if the whole army would be swept off; but Hooker and his subordinates exerted every effort to restore order.