hooker

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English

Etymology

hook +‎ -er (verb form)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"hUk.@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhʊk.ɚ/, SAMPA: /"hUk.@`/

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• Rhymes: -ʊkə(r)

Noun

hooker (plural hookers)

1. (slang) A prostitute.
2. A small fishing boat.
3. (rugby) a player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, BBC Sport:

     Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.

4. A crocheter.
5. A person or thing that hooks.
6. (slang, dated) A measurement of alcohol without definite amounts, meaning the same thing as a "slug" (of gin), an overlarge gulp. Used from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Synonyms

• (prostitute): See also Wikisaurus:prostitute

Translations

prostitute

Armenian: քած (kats), բոզ (boz) Catalan: prostituta (ca) Czech: kurva (cs) f. Danish: luder (da) c., prostitueret (da) c. Finnish: huora (fi), prostituoitu (fi) French: putain (fr) f., pute (fr) f. German: Nutte (de) f., Hure (de) f., Dirne (de) f. Italian: puttana (it) f.

Polish: kurwa (pl) f., dziwka (pl) Portuguese: puta (pt) f., prostituta (pt) f., rameira (pt) f. Russian: курва (ru) (kúrva) f. Scottish Gaelic: siùrsach f., strìopach f., leodag f. Slovak: kurva f., cundra f. Spanish: puta (es) f. Swedish: hora (sv), luder (sv)

rugby player

Afrikaans: hakker (af) French: talonneur (fr) m., talonneuse (fr) f. Irish: caiteoir (ga) m.

Italian: tallonatore (it) m. Spanish: (Latin America) hooker (es) m. and f., (Spain) talonador (es) m., talonadora (es) f. Welsh: bachwr (cy) m.

References

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