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• fish hook

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish +‎ hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/

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fishhook (plural fishhooks)

1. A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.

   Synonyms: angle, fishing hook, hook

   • 1980, Dale R. Croes, Eric Blinman, editors, Hoko River: A 2500 Year Old Fishing Camp on the Northwest Coast of North America (Reports of Investigations (Washington State University. Laboratory of Anthropology); 58), Pullman, Wash.: Laboratory of Anthropology, Washington State University, →OCLC, page 141:

     The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.

   • 2013 July 15, Jack Hitt, “DNA Backs Lore on Pre-Columbian Dogs”, in The New York Times‎:

     Others sprint off and take position — their jackal ears fully erect, their fishhook tails twitching like flags in a stiff wind.

2. (slang, card games) A jack (type of playing card).

fishhook (third-person singular simple present fishhooks, present participle fishhooking, simple past and past participle fishhooked)

1. (transitive) To impale with a fishhook.
2. (intransitive) To bend back on itself like a fishhook.

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker‎, MGI/Mike Caro University, →ISBN