hook – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hook

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 3 cognates of hook

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youhook up
weLet's hook up
youhook up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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