From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. One who, or that which, hooks.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hooker, OK (city, FIPS 36000) Location: 36.85991 N, 101.21196 W Population (1990): 1551 (742 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
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
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