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HOOKEDNESS

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hooked

  [hookt]
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–adjective
1. bent like a hook; hook-shaped.
2. having a hook or hooks.
3. made with a hook or by hooking.
4. Informal.
a. addicted to narcotic drugs.
b. slavishly interested in, devoted to, or obsessed with: He was hooked on television.
5. Slang. married.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME hoked, OE hōkede. See hook 1 , ed2 , -ed 3

Related forms:
hook⋅ed⋅ness  [hook-id-nis] , noun
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hooked   (hŏŏkt)   
adj.  

  1. Bent or angled like a hook.

  2. Having a hook.

  3. Made by hooking yarn: a hooked rug.

  4. Slang

    1. Captivated by or devoted to a custom or thing: She's really hooked on gardening.

    2. Addicted to a narcotic.

hook'ed·ness (hŏŏk'ĭd-nĭs) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
hooked (on (sth)

  1. mod.
    cheated. : I really got hooked on this travel deal.
  2. mod.
    addicted (to a drug). : Gert is hooked on horse.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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