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pinhook

pinhook noun: a simple fishhook made from a pin.

Noun

pinhook (plural pinhooks)

  1. A simple fishhook made from a pin.

Verb

pinhook (third-person singular simple present pinhooks, present participle pinhooking, simple past and past participle pinhooked)

  1. To buy young racehorses in order to resell them later for profit.

Forms of pinhook

Noun
pluralpinhooks
Verb
third-person singular presentpinhooks
present participlepinhooking
past participlepinhooked
pastpinhooked

Origin of pinhook

pin + hook

Words formed from pinhook

Questions about pinhook

What does pinhook mean?
Pinhook means a simple fishhook made from a pin.
What part of speech is pinhook?
Pinhook can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of pinhook?
The plural of pinhook is pinhooks.

Words near pinhook in the dictionary

  1. pinhole cameras
  2. pinhole grass
  3. pinholed
  4. pinholes
  5. pinholing
  6. pinhook
  7. pinhooked
  8. pinhooker
  9. pinhookers
  10. pinhooking
  11. pinhooks

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