fishhook
A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
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A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.
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(slang, card games) A jack .
Others sprint off and take position — their jackal ears fully erect, their fishhook tails twitching like flags in a stiff wind.
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(transitive) To impale with a fishhook.
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