Hook

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See also: hook and hòòk

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Hook (countable and uncountable, plural Hooks)

  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
    1. A hamlet in Chardstock parish, East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST3005). [1]
    2. A village near Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
    3. A suburb in the borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1865).
    4. A large village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7254).
    5. A village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England.
    6. A village near Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England.
    7. A village in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
  3. A rural locality in South Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, on the Hook River. [2]
  4. The amount of spin placed on a bowling ball.

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hook is the 2680th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13437 individuals. Hook is most common among White (90.12%) individuals.

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German hôk (corner, angle), from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. Compare the sense “small cluster of houses” in cognate Dutch hoek.

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Hook m (strong, genitive Hookes or Hooks, plural Höke)

  1. (regional, Westphalia, chiefly in toponyms) a small cluster of farms, often no more than three to five

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  • The land shared by a Hook is typically called Esch.

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German Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German hôk, from Old Saxon hōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz. More at hook.

Noun[edit]

Hook m (plural Hoken)

  1. corner
  2. angle
  3. tip of land; headland; point; foreland