may refer to:
- Any device which attaches to a (possibly unwilling) object, and attempts to draw it towards the place the hook is attached
- --- Grappling Hook , a hook attached to a rope, designed to give traction on a distant object (such as a wall, tree or a vehicle) by snagging on its edge or corner when thrown
- --- Lanyard Hook , A springy flat stock wire item formed wide at one end, narrow at the other. It opens inward with thumb pressure and stays closed by the temper of the wire. {Link without Title}
- --- Lifting Hook , a device for grabbing and lifting loads
- --- Siege Hook , a weapon used in medieval and classical siege warfare to tear down walls in fortifications
- --- Sister Hook , Two overlapping metal hooks hinged to form a heart outline when open. Used as a clasp. Photo here [http://www.guyotbrothers.com/jewelry-findings-glossary/sister-hook.htm
- --- One part of a hook-and-eye, a type of textile closure.
- In :
- --- Hook (music) , a catchy musical passage
- --- Hook (song) , a Blues Traveler song
- In :
- --- Hook (boxing) , a boxing punch in which the arm is swung bent
- --- Hook Shot a type of shot in basketball.
- --- Fishing Hook , a device used to catch fish.
- --- A slang term for a Curveball in Baseball .
- --- Hook , a type of golf shot
- In :
- --- Hook (rhetoric)
- --- Hook (diacritic) , a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet
- --- Narrative Hook , a type of plot device in screenwriting and literature
- As in :
- --- Captain Hook , a fictional villain from J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, a children's novel
- --- ''Hook'' (film) , a 1991 motion picture sequel to the Peter Pan books and stageplay starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams
- --- Hook (video Game) , video games based on the film
- --- Abu Hamza , a radical Muslim Cleric known in the British Tabloid press as 'Hook' or 'Captain Hook', so named for the hook in place of his missing right hand, currently serving a prison sentence for incitement of racial hatred.
- ''Hook'' (Transformers) , a Constructicon surgical engineer and truck Crane in the Transformers universe
- Telephone Hook , a cradle on which a telephone handset rests
- Prosthetic Hook , a crude hand prosthesis
- Bondage Hook , a device used in sexual bondage play
- "Hook-and-loop" fasteners such as Velcro
- Hooking , a computer programming technique used in event handling
- Tailhook , an implement on navy aircraft to allow safe carrier landing.
- Eye Bolt (or eye hook), a device used to connect string.
- The Hook , a classic Urban Legend .
- Hoek Van Holland or Hook of Holland, in the Netherlands
- Hook Head , Ireland
- In the United States:
- --- Bombay Hook, Delaware ''(Boomties Hoek)''
- --- Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania ''(Maratties Hoek)''
- --- Sandy Hook, New Jersey ''(Sant Hoek)''
- --- Red Hook, New York ''(Roode Hoek)''
- In the United Kingdom:
- --- Hook, Cambridgeshire
- --- Hook, Devon
- --- Hook, East Riding Of Yorkshire
- --- Hook, London
- --- Hook, Hart (north Hampshire)
- --- Hook, North Yorkshire
- --- Hook, Pembrokeshire
- --- Hook, Wiltshire
- --- Hook Bank
- --- Hook End
- --- Hook Green
- --- Hook Heath
- --- Hook Norton
- --- Hook Park
- --- Hook Street
- --- Hook-a-gate
- --- Hook's Cross
- --- Hook-on-Rupom
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