hooker
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hook·er1
(hʊk'ər) 
n.
hook·er2 (hʊk'ər)
n.
hook·er3 (hʊk'ər)
n. Slang
A drink of undiluted hard liquor: a hooker of whiskey.
n.
- A single-masted fishing smack used off the coast of Ireland.
- An old worn-out or clumsy ship.
[Dutch hoeker, from Middle Dutch hoeckboot : hoec, fishhook + boot, boat.]
hook·er2 (hʊk'ər)
n.
- One that hooks.
- Slang. A prostitute.
WORD HISTORY In his Personal Memoirs Ulysses S. Grant described Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker as "a dangerous man ... not subordinate to his superiors." Hooker had his faults. He may indeed have been insubordinate; he was undoubtedly an erratic leader. But "Fighting Joe" Hooker is often accused of one thing he certainly did not do: he did not give his name to prostitutes. According to a popular story, the men under Hooker's command during the Civil War were a particularly wild bunch, and would spend much of their time in brothels when on leave. For this reason, as the story goes, prostitutes came to be known as hookers. However attractive this theory may be, it cannot be true. The word hooker with the sense "prostitute" is already recorded before the Civil War. As early as 1845 it is found in North Carolina, as reported in Norman Ellsworth Eliason's Tarheel Talk; an Historical Study of the English Language in North Carolina to 1860, published in 1956. It also appears in the second edition of John Russell Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms, published in 1859, where it is defined as "a strumpet, a sailor's trull." Etymologically, it is most likely that hooker is simply "one who hooks." The term portrays a prostitute as a person who hooks, or snares, clients.
hook·er3 (hʊk'ər)
n. Slang
A drink of undiluted hard liquor: a hooker of whiskey.
[Probably from the hook-like form of the arm taken in raising a drink to the mouth.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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hooker
noun
- A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment: bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, tart2, whore. Slang moll. Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night. See sex/asexual.
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n. informal an old boat.
See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.
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categories related to 'hooker'
- Sexuality or Gender
- Pornography and Prostitution - hooker: Slang. prostitute
- Criminals - hooker: Slang. prostitute
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Hooker
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hooker, spiller i rugby
2.
n. - luder
3.
n. - huggert, skude
4.
n. - gibbernakker
Nederlands (Dutch)
hoer, hooker (rugby), oude schuit, drankje
Français (French)
1.
n. - (Sport) talonneur (rugby)
2.
n. - prostituée
3.
n. - (Naut) bateau de pêche irlandais (à un mât)
4.
n. - verre de whisky pur/de cognac etc
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Hakler, Hooker
2.
n. - Nutte
3.
n. - Huker, kleines einmastiges Fischerboot
4.
n. - Glas alkoholisches Getränk (Schnaps oder Brandy)
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συναρπαστικό εναρκτήριο μέρος έργου, (καθομ.) πόρνη
Português (Portuguese)
n. - prostituta (f), barco (m) pequeno (Náut.)
Русский (Russian)
суденышко, вербовщик провокаторов, проститутка, бодливая корова
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - talonador
2.
n. - puta, prostituta, ramera
3.
n. - tipo de bote de pesca irlandés de un mástil
4.
n. - trago de licor puro sin diluir
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fnask, sup av oblandad starksprit, narkotikaförsäljare, arresteringsorder, lockbete
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 渔船
2. 小偷儿, 毛贼, 妓女
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 小偷兒, 毛賊, 妓女
2.
n. - 漁船
2.
n. - 매춘부
3.
n. - 쌍돛대 범선
4.
n. - 술 한잔 하기
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فاعل hook , مركب وحيد الصاري, مركب عتيق, احيانا في الانجليزيه الدارجه مومس أو بغي أو عاهرة صائدة رجال
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שחקן ראגבי בשורה הקדמית המנסה ללכוד את הכדור, דבר או אדם המנסים ללכוד
n. - זונה
n. - כלי-שיט קטן הולנדי או אירי
n. - כוס ויסקי בלתי-מהול, ברנדי וכו'
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