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fishhook

noun

  1. hook used on fishing line
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

  1. A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.

    The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.

    Others sprint off and take position — their jackal ears fully erect, their fishhook tails twitching like flags in a stiff wind.

  2. A jack (type of playing card).

verb

Etymology: From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

  1. To impale with a fishhook.
  2. To bend back on itself like a fishhook.