HOOKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hooking mean? 

• HOOKING (noun)
  The noun HOOKING has 1 sense:

1. a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

  Familiarity information: HOOKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOOKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

draw; hook; hooking

Context example:

he took lessons to cure his hooking

Hypernyms ("hooking" is a kind of...):

golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

Derivation:

hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)