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Duck Hook: (also 'snap hook, snapper, quacker') a shot that curves abruptly and severely right to left (right-handed player)

Snap Hook: (also 'duck hook, snapper, quacker') a shot that curves abruptly and severely right to left (right-handed player)

Hook Shot: The hook shot is one of the most effective inside moves, but it is also quite difficult to execute. A hook shot begins when the player puts his body between the ball and the opponent. He the . . . View Full Definition

Hook Out (Hook And Set): A type of ball reaction on the lanes where the ball begins to hook and then stops its hooking action and turns into more of an end over end roll. Can be very effective (Amletto Monicelli com . . . View Full Definition

Hook Echo: A radar reflectivity pattern observed in a thunderstorm, appearing like a fish hook and indicating favorable conditions for tornadic development. However, hook echoes and tornadoes do not al . . . View Full Definition

Hookes Law: The principle that the stress within a solid is proportional to the strain. It holds only for strains of a few percent or less.

Pull Hook: A shot that is both a pull and a hook, starting and curving to the left of the intended target line for right-handers

Toe Hook: A shot that is contacted on the toe of the club and hooks (curves from right to left for a right-handed player)

Quick Hook: Refers to a situation where the manager removes a pitcher in the early innings because the hurler is getting shelled.

Hook Check: a sweep of the stick low to the ice to take the puck from an opponent’s stick.