wolf hook
English
noun
Definitions
- A thunderbolt drawn as a straight-edged runic s with a horizontal bar in the middle and the ends angled at 90 degrees centerwise, especially a Nazi one.
- (historical) A kind of trap used to catch wolves, consisting of an upper part resembling a crescent moon, meant to be fastened between tree branches, and a lower part (connected by a chain) in the form of a double hook, meant to be covered with meat and swallowed by a wolf.
- (by extension) A kind of modern-day assault rifle handle in a similar shape.
Etymology
Compound from English wolf + English hook (qualifier).
Origin
English
hook
Gloss
qualifier
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Arctic wolf English
- Ethelwolf English
- Wolfland English
- Wolfstar English
- antiwolf English
- armhook English
- baithook English
- billhook English
- boathook English
- boothook English
- breasthook English
- bullhook English
- butthook English
- buttonhook English
- coathook English
- dehook English
- demiwolf English
- eyehook English
- firehook English
- fishhook English
- fleshhook English
- foothook English
- forehook English
- grapplehook English
- he-wolf English
- heddle hook 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
- man-wolf English
- microhook English
- mountain wolf English
- nuthook English
- polar wolf English
- pothook English
- pre-hook English
- red wolf English
- rehook English
- seawolf English
- shavehook English
- she-wolf English
- sheephook English
- shithook English
- skyhook English
- switchhook English
- tailhook English
- tenterhook English
- unhook English
- webhook English
- werewolf English
- wolf English
- wolfberry English
- wolfcoat English
- wolfdom English
- wolfer English
- wolfess English
- wolffish English
- wolfhood English
- wolfhound English
- wolfie English
- wolfish English
- wolfkin English
- wolfkind English
- wolfless English
- wolflike English
- wolfling English
- wolfly English
- wolfman English
- wolfpack English
- wolfsbane English
- wolfshit English
- wolfsicle English
- wolfskin English
- wolfwoman English
- wolfy English
- wolven English
- wolvish English
- hukki Finnish
- хук Russian
- ウルフ Japanese
- フック Japanese
- hoke Middle English
- wolf Middle English
- oļip Marshallese
- huk Tok Pisin
- hukim Tok Pisin
- wuruhi Maori
- wuruwhi Maori
- wolf
- hook
- wolfy
- hooked
- wolven
- hooker
- wolfer
- rehook
- wolfie
- wolfly
- dehook
- unhook
- hooklet
- pothook
- webhook
- skyhook
- hookset
- hookest
- he-wolf
- armhook
- hookman
- wolfman
- wolvish
- hooktip
- eyehook
- hookgun
- hooketh
- wolfish
- wolfess
- wolfkin
- wolfdom
- nuthook
- seawolf
- hooktop
- shithook
- pre-hook
- wolfling
- tailhook
- red wolf
- she-wolf
- hooknose
- fishhook
- wolfless
- antiwolf
- Wolfstar
- wolffish
- man-wolf
- wolfpack
- wolfshit
- hooklike
- werewolf
- Wolfland
- wolfhood
- hookbill
- billhook
- butthook
- bullhook
- boothook
- boathook
- baithook
- coathook
- hookless
- forehook
- firehook
- wolflike
- wolfskin
- foothook
- demiwolf
- wolfkind
- hookable
- wolfcoat
- hookworm
- microhook
- wolfberry
- wolfhound
- wolfsbane
- Ethelwolf
- fleshhook
- wolfwoman
- hookthorn
- wolfsicle
- sheephook
- shavehook
- tenterhook
- switchhook
- polar wolf
- hookkeeper
- breasthook
- hookswitch
- buttonhook
- Arctic wolf
- grapplehook
- heddle hook
- mountain wolf
- hook maneuver