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HOOKING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

Example:

he took lessons to cure his hooking

Synonyms:

draw; hook; hooking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hooking" is a kind of...):

golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

Derivation:

hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb hook

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