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hooked

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hooking}.]
   1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize,
      capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or
      baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice;
      to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.

            Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W.
                                                  Collins.

   2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
      in attacking enemies; to gore.

   3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]

   {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.

Hooked \Hooked\, a.
   1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill
      of a bird.

   2. Provided with a hook or hooks. ``The hooked chariot.''
      --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

hooked
     adj 1: curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: {aquiline}]
     2: addicted to a drug [syn: {dependent}, {dependant}, {drug-addicted},
         {strung-out}]
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