[syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern]
4. a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed golfers);
5. (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hooker \Hook"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, hooks.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Naut.)
(a) A Dutch vessel with two masts.
(b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of
Ireland.
(c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hooker
n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at
Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn:
Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker]
2: English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: Hooker, Richard
Hooker]
3: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
[syn: streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler,
floozy, floozie, slattern]
4: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed
golfers)
5: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the
scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot