Hooker

1 United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn: Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker]

2 English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: Richard Hooker]

3 a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: streetwalker, street girl, 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

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• a RP /ˈhʊk.ə/
• a US /ˈhʊk.ɚ/
• Rhymes with: -ʊkə(r)

Noun

1. A prostitute

   synonyms - see

2. A small fishing boat.
3. In rugby, a player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
4. A knitter.
5. A person that hooks.

Translations

rugby player

• French: talonneur , talonneuse

Hooker is a surname, and may refer to:

• Brian Hooker
• Earl Hooker
• Evelyn Hooker, Dr. (1907–1996), American psychologist
• H. Lester Hooker, American college basketball coach
• Isabella Beecher Hooker
• Jake Hooker
• John Hooker (English constitutionalist)
• John Jay Hooker
• John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), American blues singer and guitarist
• Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), English botanist (son of William Jackson Hooker)
• Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), American Civil War General
• Morna Hooker
• Reginald Hawthorn Hooker, English statistician (son of Joseph Dalton Hooker)
• Richard Hooker (1554–1600), Anglican theologian
• Richard Hooker, pseudonym of H. Richard Hornberger (1924–1997), Author of M*A*S*H
• Stanley George Hooker (1907–1984), English aero-engine designer
• Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), Puritan leader
• William Hooker (musician)
• William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), English botanist
• Worthington Hooker, American physician

Hooker may also refer to:

• a colloquial term for a prostitute
• a position in rugby union or rugby league
• an expert practitioner of catch wrestling who has an expanded knowledge of joint locks and muscle holds and can end a fight in seconds if needed to.
• Hooker Glacier, a glacier close to the slopes of Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand
• Hooker Island in the Franz Josef Land, Russia
• Hooker Township, Gage County, Nebraska
• Hooker, Oklahoma
• Galway Hooker, a traditional sailing vessel from the west coast of Ireland
• Galway Hooker Beer, a pale ale brewed in Galway on the west coast of Ireland
• Title of Lou Thesz's book on Professional Wrestling
• The former name of rock band Aerosmith
• The 100 inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
• T.J. Hooker, a 1980s crime drama

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