hook – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hook

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hook sb into doing sth
Participle: hooked sb into doing sth
Gerund: hooking sb into doing sth

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hook

Indicative

Present

Ihook sb into doing sth
youhook sb into doing sth
he;she;ithooks sb into doing sth
wehook sb into doing sth
youhook sb into doing sth
theyhook sb into doing sth

Perfect

Ihave hooked sb into doing sth
youhave hooked sb into doing sth
he;she;ithas hooked sb into doing sth
wehave hooked sb into doing sth
youhave hooked sb into doing sth
theyhave hooked sb into doing sth

Past

Ihooked sb into doing sth
youhooked sb into doing sth
he;she;ithooked sb into doing sth
wehooked sb into doing sth
youhooked sb into doing sth
theyhooked sb into doing sth

Pluperfect

Ihad hooked sb into doing sth
youhad hooked sb into doing sth
he;she;ithad hooked sb into doing sth
wehad hooked sb into doing sth
youhad hooked sb into doing sth
theyhad hooked sb into doing sth

Future

Iwill hook sb into doing sth
youwill hook sb into doing sth
he;she;itwill hook sb into doing sth
wewill hook sb into doing sth
youwill hook sb into doing sth
theywill hook sb into doing sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have hooked sb into doing sth
youwill have hooked sb into doing sth
he;she;itwill have hooked sb into doing sth
wewill have hooked sb into doing sth
youwill have hooked sb into doing sth
theywill have hooked sb into doing sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ihook sb into doing sth
youhook sb into doing sth
he;she;ithook sb into doing sth
wehook sb into doing sth
youhook sb into doing sth
theyhook sb into doing sth

Perfect

Ihave hooked sb into doing sth
youhave hooked sb into doing sth
he;she;ithave hooked sb into doing sth
wehave hooked sb into doing sth
youhave hooked sb into doing sth
theyhave hooked sb into doing sth

Imperfect

Ihooked sb into doing sth
youhooked sb into doing sth
he;she;ithooked sb into doing sth
wehooked sb into doing sth
youhooked sb into doing sth
theyhooked sb into doing sth

Pluperfect

Ihad hooked sb into doing sth
youhad hooked sb into doing sth
he;she;ithad hooked sb into doing sth
wehad hooked sb into doing sth
youhad hooked sb into doing sth
theyhad hooked sb into doing sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould hook sb into doing sth
youwould hook sb into doing sth
he;she;itwould hook sb into doing sth
wewould hook sb into doing sth
youwould hook sb into doing sth
theywould hook sb into doing sth

Perfect

Iwould have hooked sb into doing sth
youwould have hooked sb into doing sth
he;she;itwould have hooked sb into doing sth
wewould have hooked sb into doing sth
youwould have hooked sb into doing sth
theywould have hooked sb into doing sth

Imperative

youhook sb into doing sth
weLet's hook sb into doing sth
youhook sb into doing sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hooking sb into doing sth
youare hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;itis hooking sb into doing sth
weare hooking sb into doing sth
youare hooking sb into doing sth
theyare hooking sb into doing sth

Perfect

Ihave been hooking sb into doing sth
youhave been hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;ithas been hooking sb into doing sth
wehave been hooking sb into doing sth
youhave been hooking sb into doing sth
theyhave been hooking sb into doing sth

Past

Iwas hooking sb into doing sth
youwere hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;itwas hooking sb into doing sth
wewere hooking sb into doing sth
youwere hooking sb into doing sth
theywere hooking sb into doing sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been hooking sb into doing sth
youhad been hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;ithad been hooking sb into doing sth
wehad been hooking sb into doing sth
youhad been hooking sb into doing sth
theyhad been hooking sb into doing sth

Future

Iwill be hooking sb into doing sth
youwill be hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;itwill be hooking sb into doing sth
wewill be hooking sb into doing sth
youwill be hooking sb into doing sth
theywill be hooking sb into doing sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hooking sb into doing sth
youwill have been hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;itwill have been hooking sb into doing sth
wewill have been hooking sb into doing sth
youwill have been hooking sb into doing sth
theywill have been hooking sb into doing sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hooking sb into doing sth
youwould be hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;itwould be hooking sb into doing sth
wewould be hooking sb into doing sth
youwould be hooking sb into doing sth
theywould be hooking sb into doing sth

Perfect

Iwould have been hooking sb into doing sth
youwould have been hooking sb into doing sth
he;she;itwould have been hooking sb into doing sth
wewould have been hooking sb into doing sth
youwould have been hooking sb into doing sth
theywould have been hooking sb into doing 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)