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HOOKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hooker" is a kind of...):
athlete; jock (a person trained to compete in sports)
Domain category:
rugby; rugby football; rugger (a form of football played with an oval ball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("hooker" is a kind of...):
golf player; golfer; linksman (someone who plays the game of golf)
Derivation:
hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Synonyms:
floozie; floozy; hooker; hustler; slattern; street girl; streetwalker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("hooker" is a kind of...):
bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
Sense 4
Meaning:
English theologian (1554-1600)
Synonyms:
Hooker; Richard Hooker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)
Sense 5
Meaning:
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
Synonyms:
Fighting Joe Hooker; Hooker; Joseph Hooker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
