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Hook may refer to:

• Hook (boxing), a boxing punch in which the arm is swung bent
• Hook (music), a catchy musical passage
• Hook (rhetoric)
• Hook (diacritic), a diacritical mark in the Vietnamese alphabet
• 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
• Hook (Transformers), a Constructicon surgical engineer and truck crane in the Transformers universe
• Fishing hook, a device used to catch fish
• 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.[1]
• 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. [2] Photo here [3]
• Telephone hook, a cradle on which a telephone handset rests
• Prosthetic hook, a crude hand prosthesis
• Narrative hook, a type of plot device in screenwriting and literature
• 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
• Hook, a type of golf shot
• Tailhook, an implement on navy aircrafts to allow safe carrier landing.
• Eye bolt (or eye hook), a device used to connect string.

• 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 England:
  • Hook, Cambridgeshire
  • Hook, Devon
  • Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Hook, London
  • Hook, 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 (surname)

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