fishhook
/ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/
fishhook noun: a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
Noun
fishhook (plural fishhooks)
- A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
- The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.1980, Dale R. Croes, Eric Blinman, editors, Hoko River: A 2500 Year Old Fishing Camp on the Northwest Coast of North America (Reports of Investigations (Washington State University. Laboratory of...
- Others sprint off and take position — their jackal ears fully erect, their fishhook tails twitching like flags in a stiff wind.2013 July 15, Jack Hitt, “DNA Backs Lore on Pre-Columbian Dogs”, in The New York Times
- Synonyms:
- angle, fishing hook, hook
- A jack (type of playing card).
Verb
fishhook (third-person singular simple present fishhooks, present participle fishhooking, simple past and past participle fishhooked)
- To impale with a fishhook.
- To bend back on itself like a fishhook.
fishhook meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
fishhook in Tamil
- fishhook
- தூண்டில் tūṇṭil
fishhook in Urdu
- مچھلی کا کانٹا
fishhook in Telugu
- barbed hook for fishing
- గాలము gālamu, గాలం gālaṁ
fishhook in Malayalam
- barbed hook for fishing
- ചൂണ്ട cūṇṭa
More languagesFewer languages
- fishhook in Punjabi
- ਕੰਡਾ kaṇḍā
- fishhook in Assamese
- বৰশী boroxi
- fishhook in Tagalog
- bingwit
- fishhook in Arabic
- صِنَّارَة ṣinnāra, خَطَّاف ḵaṭṭāf
- fishhook in Malay
- mata kail
- fishhook in Indonesian
- mata kail
- fishhook in Persian
- قلاب ماهیگیری qollâb mâhigiri
- fishhook in Thai
- เบ็ด bèt, เบ็ดตกปลา
- fishhook in Vietnamese
- lưỡi câu, móc câu
Synonyms of fishhook
Forms of fishhook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fishhooks |
| alternative form | fish hook |
| alternative form | fish-hook |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fishhooks |
| present participle | fishhooking |
| past participle | fishhooked |
| past | fishhooked |
Origin of fishhook
From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
Words formed from fishhook
Questions about fishhook
- What does fishhook mean?
- Fishhook means a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
- What is fishhook in Tamil?
- Fishhook in Tamil is தூண்டில் (tūṇṭil). See Fishhook meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fishhook?
- Fishhook can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fishhook?
- Fishhook is pronounced /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/.
- What is the plural of fishhook?
- The plural of fishhook is fishhooks.
Words near fishhook in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fishhook (page history and authors); தூண்டில் (Tamil) (page history and authors); fishhook (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੰਡਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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