Hook

Fish hooks are pointed and barbed at one end to aid in catching fish.

A grappling hook has multiple hooks from a central anchor, to increase the chances of catching a part of a surface that the hook can hold.

A hook-and-eye clasp is composed of two pieces that are sewn to clothing, for which one is able to hook around the other.

A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material that contains a portion that is curved or indented, so that this portion can be used to hold another object. In a number of uses, one end of the hook is pointed, so that this end can pierce another material, which is then held by the curved or indented portion.

Variations

• Bagging hook, a large sickle or reaping hook used for harvesting grain
• Bondage hook, used in sexual bondage play
• 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, used for crocheting thread or yarn
• Drapery hook, for hanging drapery
• Fish hook, used to catch fish
• Flesh-hook, 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, for grabbing and lifting loads
• Mail hook, for grabbing mail bags without stopping a train
• Meat hook, for hanging up meat or carcasses of animals in butcheries and meat industry
• Prosthetic hook or transradial prosthesis, part of a prosthetic arm for amputees
• Purse 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, an Ancient Roman weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege
• Tailhook, used by aircraft to snag cables in order to slow down more quickly

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