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overhooks

overhooks is the plural of overhook.

overhooks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overhook.

Meaning of overhook

Noun

overhook (plural overhooks)

  1. A clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.
    • He used overhooks to block the punches, but he didn't seem to know any submissions off the overhooks.2005, Eddie Bravo, Jiu-jitsu Unleashed, page 12

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Questions about overhooks

What is overhooks the plural of?
Overhooks is the plural of overhook.

Words near overhooks in the dictionary

  1. overhonouring
  2. overhonours
  3. overhook
  4. overhooked
  5. overhooking
  6. overhooks
  7. overhope
  8. overhoped
  9. overhopes
  10. overhoping
  11. overhopped

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