[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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "hooker":
B-girl, Cyprian, Paphian, argosy, bark, bawd, boat, bottom, bucket,
call girl, craft, daughter of joy, drab, erring sister,
fallen woman, fille, fille de joie, harlot, hulk, hull, hustler,
keel, leviathan, meretrix, packet, painted woman, poule,
prostitute, scarlet woman, ship, stew, streetwalker, tub,
unfortunate woman, vessel, watercraft, white slave, whore
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Hooker -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 783
Housing Units (2000): 440
Land area (2000): 721.165668 sq. miles (1867.810427 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.340928 sq. miles (0.882999 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 721.506596 sq. miles (1868.693426 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.042065 N, 101.081138 W
Headwords:
Hooker
Hooker, NE
Hooker County
Hooker County, NE
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Hooker, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 1788
Housing Units (2000): 812
Land area (2000): 0.912075 sq. miles (2.362264 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.912075 sq. miles (2.362264 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36000
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.861425 N, 101.213915 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hooker, OK
Hooker