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Meaning of the word hooked in English

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hooked

US /hʊkt/

UK /hʊkt/

Adjective

1.

curved like a hook.

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a golden eagle with hooked beak

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curved hook-shaped aquiline bent bowed recurved angular falcate falciform uncinate

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2.

addicted.

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a girl who got hooked on cocaine

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