hooked
adjective
\ ˈhu̇kt
, sense 1 is also ˈhu̇-kəd
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, sense 1 is also ˈhu̇-kəd
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Definition of hooked
1
: having the form of a hook
2
: provided with a hook
3
: made by hooking
a hooked rug
4a
: addicted to narcotics
b
: fascinated by or devoted to something
Examples of hooked in a Sentence
Her friends talked her into playing golf, and now she's hooked.
Recent Examples on the Web
About 1,000 of those now feature larger bottles or pump dispensers that are hooked to the shower wall. — Dee-ann Durbin, chicagotribune.com, "Like it or not, tiny hotel shampoo bottles are going away. Now Marriott’s eliminating them too.," 28 Aug. 2019 About 1,000 of those now feature larger bottles or pump dispensers that are hooked to the shower wall. — NBC News, "Marriott banning little shampoo bottles by 2020," 28 Aug. 2019 About 1,000 of those now feature larger bottles or pump dispensers that are hooked to the shower wall. — Washington Post, "Marriott banning little shampoo bottles by 2020," 28 Aug. 2019 Franklin first published the seminal book in 1732, in order to get people hooked on his printing service. — Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com, "How Cleveland became center of Content Marketing World," 27 Aug. 2019 During that same period, more than 4,000 Oklahomans died from opioid abuse and thousands were left hooked on pills, according to the state. — Fortune, "J&J Shares Rise After Lower Than Expected Award for Company’s Part in Opioid Crisis," 27 Aug. 2019 During that same period, more than 4,000 Oklahomans died from opioid abuse and thousands were left hooked on pills, according to the state. — Jef Feeley And Riley Griffin / Bloomberg, Time, "Johnson & Johnson Shares Jump 5% After Judge Finds Company Liable in Oklahoma Opioid Outbreak," 26 Aug. 2019 The mouth was cone-shaped with curved, hooked spines around the entire orifice leading the study authors to believe that C. falcatus fed by sifting through sediment in the ocean. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "Ancient Anthropod Named After Star Wars' Millennium Falcon," 31 July 2019 Inside were the remains of seabird food, like hooked squid beaks the size of fingernail clippings. — Rachel Becker, The Mercury News, "Seabirds eating plastic. Recyclers struggling. This is what California’s waste crisis looks like," 3 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hooked.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for hooked
hooked
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of hooked
: shaped like a hook
: addicted to a drug
: very interested in and enthusiastic about something
See the full definition for hooked in the English Language Learners Dictionary
hooked
adjective
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Kids Definition of hooked
1
: shaped like or provided with a hook
a hooked beak
2
: fascinated by or fond of something
He's hooked on computer games.
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