hooked adj

hooked adj
Those who like sport fishing can really get hooked.

English expressions. 2014.

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  • hooked — [adj] addicted absorbed, captivated, dependent, devoted, enamored, obsessed, prone, strung out*, under the influence; concept 542 …   New thesaurus

  • hooked — 〈[hụkt] Adj.; Drogenszene〉 drogenabhängig [engl., „eingehakt“] * * * hooked [hʊkd] <Adj.> [engl. hooked, eigtl. = festgehakt, 2. Part. von: to hook = festhaken] (Jargon): von einer harten Droge abhängig. * * * hooked [hʊkd] <Adj.>… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • hooked — [hukt] adj 1.) curved outwards or shaped like a hook ▪ a hooked nose 2.) [not before noun] informal if you are hooked on a drug, you feel a strong need for it and you cannot stop taking it = ↑addicted hooked on ▪ I know a girl who got hooked on… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hooked — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become, get ▪ I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve. ▪ get sb ▪ keep sb …   Collocations dictionary

  • hooked — adj. (slang) addicted hooked on (hooked on drugs) * * * [hʊkt] (slang) [ addicted ] hooked on (hooked on drugs) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • hooked on — {adj.} 1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol. * /Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea./ 2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something. * /I am hooked on the local symphony./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hooked on — {adj.} 1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol. * /Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea./ 2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something. * /I am hooked on the local symphony./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hooked — 〈[hụkt] Adj.; Drogenszene〉 drogenabhängig [Etym.: engl., »eingehakt«]   hooked: (Worttrennung am Zeilenende) Die Trennbarkeit von Fremdwörtern richtet sich in der Regel nach ihrer muttersprachlichen Aussprache. Da das Wort »hooked« [hukt]… …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • hooked\ on — adj 1. Addicted to a substance such as cigarettes, coffee, tea, drugs, or alcohol. Fred is hooked on grass, but Tim is only hooked on tea. 2. Enthusiastic or very supportive of something. I am hooked on the local symphony …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hooked — O.E. hoced, “shaped like a hook, crooked, curved;” pp. adj. from HOOK (Cf. hook) (v.). From mid 14c. as “having hooks;” 1610s as “caught on a hook;” 1925 as addicted, originally in reference to narcotics. hooked rug is recorded from… …   Etymology dictionary

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