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hook

 
 
/hʊk/ verb

Translation

[T] to fasten something with a hook, hang something on a hook, or catch something with a hook
çengel ile tutturmak, kancaya asmak, kanca/çengel ile yakalamak
1961
be/get hooked on sth to like or start to like doing something very much and want to do it all the time
aşırı düşkün olmak, tiryakisi olmak
He's completely hooked on computer games.9798
If you are hooked on a drug, you cannot stop taking it.
(uyuşturucu) müptelası/bağımlısı olmak
895
hooked adjective shaped like a hook
çengel/kanca biçiminde/şeklinde
a hooked nose541
hook sth/sb up phrasal verb
to connect a machine to a power supply or to another machine, or to connect someone to a piece of medical equipment
(makinayı) enerji kaynağına/başka bir makinaya bağlamak; (hastayı) tıbbî bir cihaza bağlamak
Are you hooked up to the Internet yet?1961
(Definition of hook verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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