The word hook has many meanings:

Hook is a general term for any of the many mechanical devices with inwardly-bent narrow tips:

• A fishing hook is a device used to catch fish.
• A grappling hook is a hook attached to a rope, designed to give traction on a distant object (such as a wall, tree or a vehicle) by snagging on its edge or corner when thrown.
• A lifting hook is a device for grabbing and lifting loads.
• "Hook-and-loop" is another name for Velcro, a type of fastener common on clothing and bags.
• A siege hook is a weapon used in medieval and classical siege warfare used to tear down walls in fortifications.
• A telephone hook is a cradle on which a telephone handset rests.
• A prosthetic hook is a crude hand prosthesis.
• A bondage hook is a device sometimes used in BDSM play.

Miscellaneous other uses:-

• Captain Hook is a fictional villain from J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, a children's novel.
• Hook is a 1991 motion picture sequel to the Peter Pan books and stageplay starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams.
• Hook is the name of two video games, both based on the film.
• A hook in music is a catchy musical passage.
• A hook in boxing is a punch in which arm is swung bent.
• Hooking in computer programming is a technique used in event handling. A hook can also refer specifically to a callback function that is invoked after some event or triggering condition.
• A hook is a diacritical mark used in the Vietnamese alphabet.
• A narrative hook in screenwriting and literature is a type of plot device.
• Hook is a robot character from the Transformers cartoon universe.
• Sidney Hook (1902-1989) was an American pragmatic philosopher.
• Hook (1994) is a single by the jam band Blues Traveler.

Hook is also the name of many places, where it often came from Dutch hoek = "corner":-

• Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland), the Netherlands.
• Hook Head, Ireland.
• In the United States: names from Dutch originals:-
  • Bombay Hook, Delaware (Boomties Hoek)
  • Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (Maratties Hoek)
  • Sandy Hook, New Jersey (Sant Hoek)
  • Red Hook, New York (Roode Hoek)
• In England:
  • Hook, Cambridgeshire
  • Hook, Devon
  • Hook, North Hampshire
  • Hook, south Hampshire
  • Hook, London
  • Hook, Pembrokeshire
  • Hook, Wiltshire
  • Hook Bank
  • Hook End
  • Hook Green
  • Hook Heath
  • Hook Norton
  • Hook Park
  • Hook Street
  • Hook-a-gate
  • Hook's Cross

Haken | Hook | Crochet | Haak | Krok