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Definitions for Hooker

[1] a person or thing that hooks.
[2] Slang . prostitute.
[3] Slang . a large drink of liquor.
[4] Slang . a concealed problem, flaw, or drawback; a catch.
[5] Rugby . a player who hooks the ball in the front line of scrummage.
[6] (initial capital letter ) Offensive . a contemptuous term used to refer to an Amish Mennonite.
[7] Slang . any old-fashioned or clumsy vessel.
[8] any fishing vessel working with hooks and lines rather than nets.
[9] Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
[10] Richard, 1554?–1600, English author and clergyman.
[11] Thomas, 1586?–1647, English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut.
[12] a commercial fishing boat using hooks and lines instead of nets
[13] a sailing boat of the west of Ireland formerly used for cargo and now for pleasure sailing and racing
[14] a person or thing that hooks
[15] US and Canadian slang a draught of alcoholic drink, esp of spirits a prostitute
[16] rugby the central forward in the front row of a scrum whose main job is to hook the ball
[17] John Lee. 1917–2001, US blues singer and guitarist
[18] Sir Joseph Dalton. 1817–1911, British botanist; director of Kew Gardens (1865–85)
[19] Richard. 1554–1600, British theologian, who influenced Anglican theology with The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1593–97)
[20] Sir William Jackson. 1785–1865, British botanist; first director of Kew Gardens: father of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

Words related to Hooker

floozy, streetwalker, strumpet, bawd, courtesan, pro, moll, hustler, harlot, whore, concubine, nymphomaniac, painted

Words nearby Hooker

hookah, hooke, hooke's law, hooked, hooked rug, hooker, hooker's green, hookey, hooknose, hooks, hookswinging

Origin of Hooker

21635–45; < Dutch hoeker, equivalent to hoek hook1 + -er -er1

Word origin for Hooker

C17: from Dutch hoeker

Synonyms for Hooker

bawd, concubine, courtesan, floozy, harlot, hustler, moll, nymphomaniac, pro, streetwalker, strumpet, whore, call girl, fallen woman, lady of the evening, painted, woman of the streets, working girl