hooked

/hʊkt/
/hʊkt/
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Definitions of hooked
  1. adjective
    curved down like an eagle's beak
    synonyms: aquiline
    crooked
    having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
  2. adjective
    having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)
    synonyms: hooklike
    curved, curving
    having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
  3. adjective
    addicted to a drug
    synonyms: dependant, dependent, drug-addicted, strung-out
    addicted
    compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
Pronunciation
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/hʊkt/
UK
/hʊkt/
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