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hooking
[ noun ]
a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
<noun.act>
he took lessons to cure his hooking



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.