[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.", "a fishhook .", "anything that catches; snare ; trap .", "something that attracts attention or serves as an enticement:The product is good but we need a sales hook to get people to buy it.", "something having a sharp curve, bend, or angle at one end, as a mark or symbol.", "a sharp curve or angle in the length or course of anything.", "a curved arm of land jutting into the water; a curved peninsula:the neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn, situated on a peninsula in upper New York Bay.", "a recurved and pointed organ or appendage of an or plant.", "a small curved catch inserted into a loop to form a clothes fastener.", "Sports.the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck.a ball describing such a path.", "the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck.", "a ball describing such a path.", "Boxing.a short, circular punch delivered with the elbow bent.", "Music.Also called flag , pennant .a stroke or line attached to the stem of eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.an appealing melodic phrase, orchestral ornament, refrain, etc., often important to a popular song's commercial success.", "Also called flag , pennant .a stroke or line attached to the stem of eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.", "an appealing melodic phrase, orchestral ornament, refrain, etc., often important to a popular song's commercial success.", "Metalworking.an accidental short bend formed in a piece of bar stock during rolling.", "hooks,Slang.hands or fingers:Get your hooks off that cake!", "Underworld Slang.a pickpocket .", "Also called deck hook deck hook.Nautical.a triangular plate or knee that binds together the stringers and plating at each end of a vessel."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to seize, fasten, suspend from, pierce, or catch hold of and draw with or as if with a hook.", "to catch (fish) with a fishhook.", "Slang.to steal or seize by stealth.", "Informal.to catch or trick by artifice; snare .", "(of a bull or other horned animal) to catch on the horns or attack with the horns.", "to catch hold of and draw (loops of yarn) through cloth with or as if with a hook.", "to make (a rug, garment, etc.) in this fashion.", "Sports.to hit or throw (a ball) so that a hook results.", "Boxing.to deliver a hook with:The champion hooked a right to his opponent's jaw.", "Rugby.to push (a ball) backward with the foot in scrummage from the front line.", "to make hook-shaped; crook ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become attached or fastened by or as if by a hook.", "to curve or bend like a hook.", "Sports.(of a player) to hook the ball.(of a ball) to describe a hook in course.", "(of a player) to hook the ball.", "(of a ball) to describe a hook in course.", "Slang.to depart hastily:We'd better hook for home."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to fasten with a hook or hooks.to assemble or connect, as the components of a machine:They helped me hook up my new home security system.to connect to a central source, as of power or water:The house hasn't been hooked up to the city's water system yet.Informal.to join, meet, or become associated with:He never had a decent job until he hooked up with this company.Informal.to have casual sex or a romantic date without a long-term commitment:He doesn't know her very well, but he hooked up with her a couple of times.Slang.to supply something scarce or illicit to:The concert is sold out, but my sister knows a guy in the band, so we’re hoping she can hook us up with some tickets.My supply of painkillers is totally dry—do you know somebody who can hook me up?The concert is sold out, but my sister knows a guy in the band, so we’re hoping she can hook us up with some tickets.", "to fasten with a hook or hooks.", "to assemble or connect, as the components of a machine:They helped me hook up my new home security system.", "to connect to a central source, as of power or water:The house hasn't been hooked up to the city's water system yet.", "Informal.to join, meet, or become associated with:He never had a decent job until he hooked up with this company.", "Informal.to have casual sex or a romantic date without a long-term commitment:He doesn't know her very well, but he hooked up with her a couple of times.", "Slang.to supply something scarce or illicit to:The concert is sold out, but my sister knows a guy in the band, so we’re hoping she can hook us up with some tickets.My supply of painkillers is totally dry—do you know somebody who can hook me up?The concert is sold out, but my sister knows a guy in the band, so we’re hoping she can hook us up with some tickets."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Slang.to work as a prostitute."]}]