Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete variant of grapnel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A hook or drag; a grapnel.

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Examples

  • I tend to be too accomodating, so the Dog had to remind me that there were nails and bits of crapnel all over the floor and under no circumstances would he put our son on that floor for a shot.

    Spoiler Alert 2005

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  • Do I want to know what this hook is used for?

    March 5, 2011

  • Haha. There's a band in Nebraska called Shithook....

    March 5, 2011

  • The compound derogative term butthook was floating around during my Idaho youth during the 1970's.

    March 5, 2011