hook – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hook

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hook

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)