hooker

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, hooks.
2. A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
3. A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
4. A crocheter.
5. Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
6. A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.

1. A prostitute.
2. An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.

1. Alternative spelling of hookah.

1. A small fishing boat.
2. Any antiquated craft.

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker of hooks.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Tehama County, California.
4. An unincorporated community in Dade County, Georgia.
5. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky.
6. A ghost town in Pulaski County, Missouri.
7. Two townships in Nebraska, in Dixon County and Gage County.
8. An unincorporated community in Fairfield County, Ohio.
9. A small city in Texas County, Oklahoma.
10. An unincorporated community in Turner County, South Dakota.

Etymology

From hook (verb) + -er.