A hook is a tool with a curved end.
Hook or The Hook may also refer to:
Tools Hook#Variations for similar tools Hook hand, prosthesis made from a hook
Places United Kingdom Hook, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village and civil parish Hook, Hart, Hampshire, a small town and civil parish Hook railway station Hook, Fareham, Hampshire, a village Hook, London, a suburban area Hook, Pembrokeshire, a village Hook, Wiltshire, a small village
Other Hook Island, Queensland, Australia Hook Point, Queensland, Australia Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland Hook, New Zealand Hook River, New Zealand Hook of Holland or The Hook, a port town in the Netherlands Hook granite massif, Zambia
Language Hook (diacritic), a diacritical mark attached to letters in various alphabets Hook above, a diacritical mark above letters in the Vietnamese alphabet Rhotic hook, a diacritical mark attached to symbols in the International phonetic alphabet
Arts and entertainment Characters Hook (Transformers), several characters in the Transformers universe Captain Hook, a fictional pirate in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan and other works Jonas Hook, a character created by Terry C. Johnston for a trilogy of novels Mr. Hook, a character in several 1940s American animated cartoon shorts produced for the US Navy Ryder Hook, a character created by Kenneth Bulmer under the pen name Telly Zetford for a series of novels Trooper Hook, the title character of Trooper Hook, a 1957 Western film, played by Joel McCrea Hook, a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail
Film Hook (film), a 1991 fantasy film by Steven Spielberg continuing J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy The Hook (1963 film), a 1963 Korean War war film The Hook (1976 film), a 1976 giallo film The Hook (2004 film), a 2004 French thriller film
Literature The Hook (), a 1957 novel by Vahé Katcha, basis for the 1963 film of the same title The Hook, a 1984 novel by Basil Copper; the 41st installment in the Mike Faraday series Hook, a novelization of the 1991 film by Terry Brooks Hook: A Novel for Young Readers, a junior novelization of the 1991 film by Geary Gravel The Hook, a 1996 novel by Raffaella Barker The Hook, a 2000 novel by Donald E. Westlake
Music The Hook (album), by Jukka Tolonen; and title track song "Hook" (Blues Traveler song), from their 1994 album, Four Hook (music), a catchy musical passage
Television Hook (2022 TV series), a program broadcast by ARY Digital "Hook", MacGyver (2016) season 1, episode 16 (2017) "The Hook", Deadliest Catch season 8, episode 4 (2012) "The Hook" (Poker Face), season 1, episode 10 (2023)
Other arts and entertainment Narrative hook, a literary technique designed to grab the reader's interest The Hook (screenplay), an unproduced screenplay by playwright Arthur Miller Hook (video game), four video games based on the Spielberg film
Sports Hook (bowling), the second phase of bowling ball motion, following the skid phase and preceding the roll phase Hook (boxing), a boxing punch Hook (cricket), a shot in cricket Hook shot, a type of shot in basketball Hooking (ice hockey), a penalty Hook, part of the hook and ladder trick play in football Hook shot, in a type of misplayed golf shot Curveball, a type of baseball pitch
People Hook (surname), a list of people Hook (nickname), a list of people Hook., author abbreviation of English botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) Hook.f., author abbreviation of English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), the son of William Jackson Hooker Harry Aleman (1939–2010), nicknamed "The Hook", American mobster for the Chicago Outfit
Other uses Hook (computer programming), a computer programming technique Telephone hook, an electrical switch which indicates when the telephone has been hung up Mil Mi-6, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter nicknamed "Hook" The Hook, a classic urban legend The Hook (newspaper), a weekly Virginia newspaper from 2002 to 2013 WFFM, a radio station licensed to Ashburn, Georgia, formerly branded "Hook FM" Angle (journalism)
See also
Hooke (disambiguation) Hooked (disambiguation) Hooks (disambiguation) Hook echo, a feature visible on radar indicative of tornadic rotation in a thunderstorm