hook – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hook

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hook

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youhook up sth
weLet's hook up sth
youhook up sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)