Word.ws English Dictionary

webhook

Syllables: web·hook/ˈwɛb.hʊk/

webhook noun: a method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks, usually triggered by some external event.

Noun

webhook (plural webhooks)

  1. (Internet) A method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks, usually triggered by some external event.
    • Webhooks are the most widely used approach for solving the event delivery challenge (see section 1.2.3) and realizing events in combination with REST APIs.2017, Matthias Biehl, Webhooks – Events for RESTful APIs, API-University Press, →ISBN, page 35
    Synonyms:
    reverse API

Synonyms of webhook

  • reverse API

Forms of webhook

pluralwebhooks

Origin of webhook

From web + hook, coined by Jeff Lindsay in 2007 from the computer programming term hook.

Questions about webhook

What does webhook mean?
Webhook means a method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks, usually triggered by some external event.
What part of speech is webhook?
Webhook is a noun.
How do you pronounce webhook?
Webhook is pronounced /ˈwɛb.hʊk/.
What is the plural of webhook?
The plural of webhook is webhooks.

Words near webhook in the dictionary

  1. webgraphs
  2. webguide
  3. webguides
  4. webhead
  5. webheads
  6. webhook
  7. webhooks
  8. webhost
  9. webhosting
  10. webhosts
  11. webidence

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: webhook (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “webhook.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/webhook. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.