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- verb Present participle of
hook . - noun ice hockey The
penalized action of using one'sstick torestrain an opponent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
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Examples
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In your vocabulary, the term "hooking up" should only be used to describe a process involving a pick up truck and a speedboat.
John Blumenthal: Are You Trying Too Hard to Make Your Kids Think You're Cool? John Blumenthal 2011
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The advantage lies not in hooking more fish but in doing less damage to those you want to release.
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Once, with a piece of frigate bird, they succeeded in hooking a shark.
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period TOR 4: 34 Ian White high-sticking minor NJ 7: 17 Mike Mottau interference minor 2nd period TOR 5: 37 Nikolai Kulemin hooking minor 3rd period NJ: 55 Colin White tripping minor TOR 1: 11 Nikolai Kulemin holding stick minor TOR 4: 58 Matt Stajan holding minor NJ 8: 32 Bryce Salvador hooking minor NJ 10: 40 Mike Mottau tripping minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period PHO 10: 23 Enver Lisin hooking minor PHO 10: 38 David Hale fighting major CAL 10: 38 Jarome Iginla fighting major CAL 14: 39 Rene Bourque elbowing minor 2nd period PHO: 22 Peter Mueller high-sticking minor 3rd period CAL 15: 53 Rene Bourque tripping minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period CAL: 15 Robyn Regehr hooking minor 2nd period NYR 1: 38 Aaron Voros tripping minor NYR 5: 54 Scott Gomez holding minor CAL 13: 05 Rene Bourque hooking minor CAL 18: 27 Dion Phaneuf elbowing minor 3rd period CAL 16: 17 Adrian Aucoin hooking minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period CLB 10: 51 Manny Malhotra hooking minor 2nd period CAR 3: 58 Tuomo Ruutu hooking minor CAR 8: 00 Niclas Wallin hooking minor CLB 18: 47 Rick Nash hooking minor 3rd period CAR 1: 05 Tuomo Ruutu high-sticking minor CAR 2: 13 Patrick Eaves slashing minor CLB 7: 27 Jakub Voracek slashing minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period PHO 15: 19 Derek Morris delay-of-game minor 2nd period CLB 2: 11 Manny Malhotra tripping minor CLB 6: 11 Jared Boll fighting major PHO 6: 11 Daniel Carcillo fighting major CLB 11: 20 Fredrik Modin hooking minor PHO 16: 30 Derek Morris hooking minor 3rd period CLB 9: 38 Fedor Tyutin holding minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period PHO 2: 58 Daniel Carcillo fighting major NYR 2: 58 Brandon Dubinsky fighting major 2nd period PHO 5: 54 Ken Klee slashing minor 3rd period PHO 6: 58 Enver Lisin hooking minor NYR 9: 25 Markus Naslund interference minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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Penalties Back to top Period Team Time Player Type Level 1st period PIT 4: 35 Sidney Crosby tripping minor CAR 7: 34 Tuomo Ruutu boarding minor CAR 9: 34 Niclas Wallin hooking minor 2nd period CAR: 33 Tuomo Ruutu high-sticking minor PIT 10: 48 Mark Eaton holding minor PIT 14: 15 Eric Godard hooking minor 3rd period PIT 4: 43 Evgeni Malkin tripping minor PIT 17: 54 Max Talbot high-sticking minor
USATODAY.com 2008
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