Hook

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Hook may mean:

• Captain Hook, a fictional villain from J. M. Barrie's book Peter Pan
• Hook (movie) (1991), starring Dustin Hoffman
• Hook (video game)
• Hook (music), a catchy musical passage
• Hook (boxing), a type of punch
• Hooking, in programming, a technique used in event handling
• Hook (diacritic), a mark in Vietnamese
• Hook, a Constructicon from the Transformers Universe
• Sidney Hook, an American philosopher
• "Hook", as song by the band Blues Traveler

Devices:

• Bondage hook, type of devices sometimes used in BDSM play
• Fishing hook, a device used to catch fish
• Grappling hook, a composite hook attached to a rope, designed to be thrown or projected a distance
• "Hook-and-loop" is another name for Velcro, a type of clothing fastener
• Nose hook, a special type of bondage hook
• Siege hook, an ancient weapon
• Telephone hook, the cradle where a telephone handset resides
• Prosthetic hook, a primitive hand prosthesis.

Places:

• Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland)
• Bombay Hook, Delaware (Boomties Hoek)
• Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (Maratties Hoek)
• Sandy Hook, New Jersey (Sant Hoek)
• Red Hook, New York (Roode Hoek)
• Hook Head, Ireland

Places in England:

• Hook, Cambridgeshire
• Hook, Devon
• Hook, north Hampshire
• Hook, south Hampshire
• Hook, London
• Hook, Pembrokeshire
• Hook, Wiltshire
• Hook Bank
• Hook End
• Hook Green
• Hook Heath
• Hook Norton
• Hook Park
• Hook Street
• Hook-a-gate
• Hook's Cross

Other:

• A "plot anchor" or "plot hook" may be a type of plot device or plot generator.

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