Hook

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Hook may refer to:

Device

Cabin hook, a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw, used on doors
Cargo hook (helicopter), different types of hook systems for helicopters
Crochet hook, a device used for crocheting thread or yarn
Fish hook, a device used to catch fish
Flesh-hook, a device used in cooking meat
Grappling hook, a hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown and snagged on a target
Hook (hand tool), also known as longshoreman's hook and bale hook, a tool used for securing and moving loads
Hook-and-eye closure, a clothing fastener
Hook and loop fastener
Lifting hook, a device for grabbing and lifting loads
Meat hook, a device for hanging up meat or carcasses of animals in butcheries and meat industry
Purse hook, a hook used to keep a woman's purse from touching the floor
Shepherd's hook (or crook), a staff used in herding sheep or other animals
Siege hook, a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege
Telephone hook, a cradle on which a telephone handset rests
Prosthetic hook or transradial prosthesis, part of a prosthetic arm for amputees
Bondage hook, a device used in sexual bondage play
Tailhook, a device on an aircraft

Hook (rhetoric), a rhetorical device that "hooks" the listener
Hook above, a diacritical mark above letters in the Vietnamese alphabet
Hook (diacritic), a diacritical mark attached to letters in various alphabets
- Palatal hook, a hook attached below curled to the left
Narrative hook, a literary technique
Rhotic hook, a diacritical mark attached to symbols in the International phonetic alphabet

Hook (music), a catchy musical passage
"Hook" (song), a song by Blues Traveler
The Hook (album), an album by Jukka Tolonen
Hook (film), a 1991 fantasy continuation of J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy
- Hook (video game), four video games based on the film
The Hook (film), several films
Hook (Transformers), several characters in the Transformers universe
Hooksoft, a Japanese visual novel studio
The Hook, a classic urban legend
The Hook (newspaper), a weekly Virginia newspaper
Captain Hook, a fictional pirate in J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy

Hook (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Abu Hamza al-Masri (born 1958), former imam of Finsbury Park Mosque in London, England, known as "Hook" in the British tabloid press
Anthony Griffin (rugby league), Brisbane Broncos coach known by the nickname "Hook"

Battle of the Hook, of the Korean war
Mil Mi-6, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter nicknamed "Hook"
Hooking, a computer programming technique
Hook echo, a feature visible on radar indicative of tornadic rotation in a thunderstorm