fishhook

Noun

Meaning

A hook for catching fish.

A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jack hector barb bower fly peg eunuch hanger angle boy hook nail snare bait crook
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Antonyms

repulse fight dispute counter contest resist
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Hypernyms

hook

Examples

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart. Peter De Vries

Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it. Ann Patchett

Gold is the devil's fishhook. American Proverb

The crane was killed by the fishhook. Vietnamese Proverb

Gold is the devil's fishhook. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fishhawk fishhead fishhood fishhouse fishie fishier