hook – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hook

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hook up sb
Participle: hooked up sb
Gerund: hooking up sb

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hook

Indicative

Present

Ihook up sb
youhook up sb
he;she;ithooks up sb
wehook up sb
youhook up sb
theyhook up sb

Perfect

Ihave hooked up sb
youhave hooked up sb
he;she;ithas hooked up sb
wehave hooked up sb
youhave hooked up sb
theyhave hooked up sb

Past

Ihooked up sb
youhooked up sb
he;she;ithooked up sb
wehooked up sb
youhooked up sb
theyhooked up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad hooked up sb
youhad hooked up sb
he;she;ithad hooked up sb
wehad hooked up sb
youhad hooked up sb
theyhad hooked up sb

Future

Iwill hook up sb
youwill hook up sb
he;she;itwill hook up sb
wewill hook up sb
youwill hook up sb
theywill hook up sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have hooked up sb
youwill have hooked up sb
he;she;itwill have hooked up sb
wewill have hooked up sb
youwill have hooked up sb
theywill have hooked up sb

Subjunctive

Present

Ihook up sb
youhook up sb
he;she;ithook up sb
wehook up sb
youhook up sb
theyhook up sb

Perfect

Ihave hooked up sb
youhave hooked up sb
he;she;ithave hooked up sb
wehave hooked up sb
youhave hooked up sb
theyhave hooked up sb

Imperfect

Ihooked up sb
youhooked up sb
he;she;ithooked up sb
wehooked up sb
youhooked up sb
theyhooked up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad hooked up sb
youhad hooked up sb
he;she;ithad hooked up sb
wehad hooked up sb
youhad hooked up sb
theyhad hooked up sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould hook up sb
youwould hook up sb
he;she;itwould hook up sb
wewould hook up sb
youwould hook up sb
theywould hook up sb

Perfect

Iwould have hooked up sb
youwould have hooked up sb
he;she;itwould have hooked up sb
wewould have hooked up sb
youwould have hooked up sb
theywould have hooked up sb

Imperative

youhook up sb
weLet's hook up sb
youhook up sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hooking up sb
youare hooking up sb
he;she;itis hooking up sb
weare hooking up sb
youare hooking up sb
theyare hooking up sb

Perfect

Ihave been hooking up sb
youhave been hooking up sb
he;she;ithas been hooking up sb
wehave been hooking up sb
youhave been hooking up sb
theyhave been hooking up sb

Past

Iwas hooking up sb
youwere hooking up sb
he;she;itwas hooking up sb
wewere hooking up sb
youwere hooking up sb
theywere hooking up sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been hooking up sb
youhad been hooking up sb
he;she;ithad been hooking up sb
wehad been hooking up sb
youhad been hooking up sb
theyhad been hooking up sb

Future

Iwill be hooking up sb
youwill be hooking up sb
he;she;itwill be hooking up sb
wewill be hooking up sb
youwill be hooking up sb
theywill be hooking up sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hooking up sb
youwill have been hooking up sb
he;she;itwill have been hooking up sb
wewill have been hooking up sb
youwill have been hooking up sb
theywill have been hooking up sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hooking up sb
youwould be hooking up sb
he;she;itwould be hooking up sb
wewould be hooking up sb
youwould be hooking up sb
theywould be hooking up sb

Perfect

Iwould have been hooking up sb
youwould have been hooking up sb
he;she;itwould have been hooking up sb
wewould have been hooking up sb
youwould have been hooking up sb
theywould have been hooking up sb

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hook'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'hook'

book, cook, dook, fook, hock, hoik, holk, honk, hood, hoof,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

capture prey
capture, catch, snare, take
to combine more than one item into one
accouple, affix, associate, attach, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, put together, splice, unite, wed, yoke
to actively and intentionally gain possession or control
appropriate, bag, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, grip, help oneself, impropriate, make free with, nab, nim, pocket, sack, seize, take
snag
catch, fasten, pin, capture, ensnare, secure, stab

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc (“angle, point, hook”), from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Scots huke, huik (“hook”), West Frisian and Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk, German Hook (“small cluster of farms”), Faroese høkja (“crutch”), Icelandic hækja (“crutch”), Norn hek (“crutch”), Finnish kuokka (“hoe, mattock”). Related to hake. See: Faroese 'høkja', Icelandic 'hækja'.

Verbs referencing "hook"

Tok Pisin huk.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] to have nothing particular to do, and were curious in foreigners, came (according to custom ) round the carriage in which I sat; let down all the windows; thrust in their heads and shoulders; hooked themselves on conveniently, by their elbows; and fell to comparing notes on the subject of my personal appearance, with as much indifference as if I were a stuffed figure. I never gained so much [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] from New York bay, and for a whole fortnight fluttered about the vessel 's stern. For some days we had a dead calm, or very light winds, during which the crew amused themselves with fishing, and hooked an unlucky dolphin, who expired, in all his rainbow colours, on the deck: an event of such importance in our barren calendar, that afterwards we dated from the dolphin, and made the day on which he [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)