Hooker

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hooker \Hook"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, hooks.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Naut.)
        (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts.


        (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of
            Ireland.
        (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hooker
       n 1: United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at
            Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879) [syn: {Joseph
            Hooker}, {Fighting Joe Hooker}]
       2: English theologian (1554-1600) [syn: {Richard Hooker}]
       3: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
          [syn: {streetwalker}, {street girl}, {hustler}, {floozy},
          {floozie}, {slattern}]
       4: a golfer whose shots typically curve left (for right-handed
          golfers)
       5: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the
          scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "hooker":
     B-girl, Cyprian, Paphian, argosy, bark, bawd, boat, bottom, bucket,
     call girl, craft, daughter of joy, drab, erring sister,
     fallen woman, fille, fille de joie, harlot, hulk, hull, hustler,
     keel, leviathan, meretrix, packet, painted woman, poule,
     prostitute, scarlet woman, ship, stew, streetwalker, tub,
     unfortunate woman, vessel, watercraft, white slave, whore
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Hooker, OK (city, FIPS 36000)
    Location: 36.85991 N, 101.21196 W
    Population (1990): 1551 (742 housing units)
    Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Hooker -- U.S. County in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    783
     Housing Units (2000): 440
     Land area (2000):     721.165668 sq. miles (1867.810427 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.340928 sq. miles (0.882999 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    721.506596 sq. miles (1868.693426 sq. km)
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             42.042065 N, 101.081138 W
     Headwords:
      Hooker
      Hooker, NE
      Hooker County
      Hooker County, NE
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Hooker, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    1788
     Housing Units (2000): 812
     Land area (2000):     0.912075 sq. miles (2.362264 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.912075 sq. miles (2.362264 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            36000
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             36.861425 N, 101.213915 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Hooker, OK
      Hooker