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

Stick Check: Checking an opponent with the stick. See hook check; poke check; sweep check.

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

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 And Lateral: A trick play in which a receiver (usually a wide receiver) runs a hook pattern (i.e., moving toward the line of scrimmage to make a catch), and then laterals the ball to a second player (gen . . . View Full Definition

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

Independent Checks: Procedures for continual internal verification of other controls. indirect method: A method of reporting net cash flow from operations that involves converting accrual-basis net income to a . . . View Full Definition

Hooking: A minor penalty which occurs when a player attempts to impede the progress of another player by hooking any part of the opponent’s body with the blade of his stick; an illegal use of one’s stick.

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.

Hook And Ladder: A trick play in which a receiver (usually a wide receiver) runs a hook pattern (i.e., moving toward the line of scrimmage to make a catch), and then laterals the ball to a second player (gen . . . View Full Definition