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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

hook /hʊk/ noun gancio m;
(for crochet) uncinetto m;
(for fishing) amo m;
off the ~ Teleph staccato;
fig fuori pericolo;
by ~ or by crook in un modo o nell' altro transitive verb agganciare intransitive verb agganciarsi

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'hook' found in these entries:

English:

boat-hook - coat-hook - crochet-hook - hook and eye - meat hook - peg

Italian:

agganciare - agganciarsi - amo - arpione - attaccapanni - gancio - rampino - uncinare - uncinetto - uncino

hook: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

hook		(to cause to become addicted)	rendere dipendente v
hook		(general) con un gancio	agganciare v
hook		(to steal)	rubare v
hook		sport	gancio nm
hook		(tool) attrezzo	gancio nm
hook		gancio	appendino nm
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
boat hook			mezzomarinaio nm
by hook or by crook			con le buone o con le cattive
crochet hook	n	(hooked tool used in crochet)	uncinetto nm
Miss Marple lost her crochet hook so the afghan was left unfinished.
La nonna mi ha insegnato a lavorare all'uncinetto.
crochet-hook			uncinetto nm
fish hook	n	(device used to catch fish)	amo nm
I always enjoyed fishing, but I hated having to stick the worms or grasshoppers on the fish hook.
Per una buona pesca bisogna nascondere l'amo con l'esca.
fish-hook		pesca	amo nm
grappling hook			rampino nm
hook and eye			chiavistello nm
hook and ladder			camion dei pompieri con scala estensibile
hook in			accalappiare
hook into			entrare in; penetrare; agganciarsi
hook it			tagliare la corda; darsela a gambe
hook rug			tappetino all'uncinetto
hook shot			gancio (basket)
hook up			agganciare; attaccare; collegare
hook up with			sposare (scherz.)
hook-and-ladder			di camion dei pompieri con scala estensibile
hook-up			per agganciare, per collegare
hook, line, and sinker		idiomatico	completamente avverbio
Note: Usato in espressioni come per es. "Si è completamente bevuto la storia che gli ho raccontato".
hook; line; and sinker			tutto; completo
off the hook			fuori pericolo
on the hook			in attesa
pruning hook			roncola nf
tow hook		(tech.)	gancio per rimorchio
wall hook			chiodo di sostegno
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a hook is in place
addict vs hook
big steel hook
Do you want to hook?
eye grab hook
Gore off the hook after row over rare fish dinner
Grappling hook
hook
hook someone up with vs. hook up with someone
Hook threader
hook-up
I decided that I was going to get that job by hook or by crook
I need a hook
Let someone off the hook
off the hook
on his own hook
on the hook
out of the hook
To hook/Cricket
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