billhook
English
noun
Definitions
- (weapons) A medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
- An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
- Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
- Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
- (ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
Etymology
Compound from English bill (note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list) + English hook (qualifier).
Origin
English
hook
Gloss
qualifier
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Christmas tree bill English
- Eurobill English
- acockbill English
- adzebill English
- armhook English
- baithook English
- bill English
- billability English
- billable English
- billboard English
- biller English
- billfish English
- billfold English
- billhead English
- billholder English
- billlike English
- billman English
- billpayer English
- billpaying English
- billposter English
- billposting English
- billsticker English
- billsticking English
- bluebill English
- boatbill English
- boathook English
- boothook English
- breasthook English
- bristlebill English
- broadbill English
- brown-bill English
- bullhook English
- butthook English
- buttonhook English
- coathook English
- conebill English
- cranesbill English
- crookbill English
- crossbill English
- crowbill English
- dehook English
- duckbill English
- duebill English
- eyehook English
- firehook English
- fishhook English
- flatbill English
- fleshhook English
- foothook English
- forehook English
- grapplehook English
- handbill English
- hawksbill English
- heddle hook English
- hedgebill English
- hook English
- hook maneuver English
- hookable English
- hookbill English
- hooked English
- hooker English
- hookest English
- hooketh English
- hookgun English
- hookkeeper English
- hookless English
- hooklet English
- hooklike English
- hookman English
- hooknose English
- hookset English
- hookswitch English
- hookthorn English
- hooktip English
- hooktop English
- hookworm English
- hornbill English
- ibisbill English
- ivorybill English
- microhook English
- misbill English
- nuthook English
- openbill English
- overbill English
- parrotbill English
- playbill English
- pothook English
- pre-hook English
- prebill English
- razorbill English
- rebill English
- rehook English
- ringbill English
- rosybill English
- sabrebill English
- saddlebill English
- sawbill English
- scimitarbill English
- scissorbill English
- sharpbill English
- shavehook English
- shearbill English
- sheathbill English
- sheephook English
- shithook English
- shoebill English
- shovelbill English
- showbill English
- sicklebill English
- silverbill English
- skyhook English
- softbill English
- spikebill English
- spinebill English
- spoonbill English
- storksbill English
- superbill English
- swanbill English
- switchhook English
- swordbill English
- tailhook English
- tenterhook English
- thickbill English
- thornbill English
- toothbill English
- topbill English
- underbill English
- unhook English
- waxbill English
- waybill English
- webhook English
- wedgebill English
- weebill English
- whitebill English
- wolf hook English
- wrybill English
- yellowbill English
- hukki Finnish
- bill French
- хук Russian
- フック Japanese
- bill Middle English
- bille Middle English
- hoke Middle English
- bille Irish
- बिल Hindi
- บิล Thai
- bil Welsh
- బిల్లు Telugu
- bille Norman
- bil Tok Pisin
- huk Tok Pisin
- hukim Tok Pisin
- ໃບບິນ Lao
- bil Hausa
- bill
- hook
- rebill
- hooked
- biller
- hooker
- dehook
- rehook
- unhook
- hookset
- hookman
- hooktip
- hookgun
- hooketh
- sawbill
- topbill
- weebill
- waxbill
- prebill
- hooklet
- pothook
- waybill
- webhook
- billman
- skyhook
- hookest
- armhook
- misbill
- eyehook
- wrybill
- nuthook
- hooktop
- duebill
- pre-hook
- shoebill
- flatbill
- playbill
- hooklike
- crowbill
- overbill
- hookbill
- ibisbill
- swanbill
- Eurobill
- boothook
- billfish
- boatbill
- baithook
- coathook
- showbill
- firehook
- foothook
- openbill
- bluebill
- hookworm
- shithook
- billfold
- tailhook
- hooknose
- fishhook
- ringbill
- adzebill
- billhead
- hornbill
- butthook
- bullhook
- boathook
- softbill
- handbill
- hookless
- conebill
- forehook
- hookable
- rosybill
- billable
- billlike
- duckbill
- shearbill
- thornbill
- acockbill
- fleshhook
- thickbill
- hawksbill
- hedgebill
- spinebill
- razorbill
- billpayer
- superbill
- sabrebill
- spikebill
- microhook
- sharpbill
- broadbill
- toothbill
- billboard
- hookthorn
- wedgebill
- swordbill
- wolf hook
- whitebill
- crossbill
- ivorybill
- underbill
- crookbill
- sheephook
- spoonbill
- shavehook
- sicklebill
- saddlebill
- billholder
- sheathbill
- hookswitch
- cranesbill
- yellowbill
- parrotbill
- tenterhook
- switchhook
- billpaying
- billposter
- storksbill
- hookkeeper
- shovelbill
- breasthook
- brown-bill
- silverbill
- buttonhook
- billposting
- billability
- billsticker
- bristlebill
- scissorbill
- grapplehook
- heddle hook
- scimitarbill
- billsticking
- hook maneuver
- Christmas tree bill