hook and eye

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American soundhook and eye

hookandeye

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hook - and - eye -> hook and eye

Myanmar meaning

အဝတ်အစားတွင် တပ်ဆင်သည့် ချိတ်ကလေးနှင့်ကွင်း။

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hook /hƱk/ n

၁။ ချိတ်။ ကောက်။ a coat/ picture hook ❍ a fishhook ❍ Hang your towel on that hook. See also BOAT-HOOK
၂။ (က) (ဘယ်သို့) ကွေ့ဆွဲသောဘောလုံး။
(ခ) ဝိုက်လက်သီး။ a left hook to the jaw.
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၁။ (က) ချိတ်ဖြင့်ချိတ်သည်။ ချိတ်တွယ်သည်။ ချိတ်သည်။ These two pieces of the chain hook together. ❍ a dress that hooks at the back. ❍ His leg hooked round mine and tripped me up. ❍ hook the caravan (on) to the car.
(ခ) (ငါးမျှားချိတ်ဖြင့်) ချိတ်၊ ဖမ်းမိသည်။ hook a large fish.
၂။ ဘောလုံးကို ဝိုက်၍ကန်သည်၊ ဘယ်ဆွဲရိုက်သည်။
❏ be hooked (on sb) (sl ) [IDM ] တမ်းတမ်းစွဲသည်။
❏ be/ get hooked (on sth) (sl ) [IDM ]
၁။ စွဲသည်။ တမ်းတမ်းစွဲသည်။ get hooked on heroin/ computer games.
၂။ စိတ်စွဲနေသည်။ She's completely hooked on the idea of a camping holiday.
❏ be/ get hooked (on sth) (sl ) [IDM ]
၁။ စွဲသည်။ တမ်းတမ်းစွဲသည်။ get hooked on heroin/ computer games.
၂။ စိတ်စွဲနေသည်။ She's completely hooked on the idea of a camping holiday.
❏ be hooked (on sb) (sl ) [IDM ] တမ်းတမ်းစွဲသည်။
❏ by hook or by crook [IDM ] ဘယ်နည်းနှင့်ဖြစ်ဖြစ်။ တစ်နည်းမဟုတ်တစ်နည်း။ တရားသည်ဖြစ်စေ မတရားသည် ဖြစ်စေ။ She was determined to get to London, by hook or by crook.
❏ get (sb) off the hook; let sb off the hook [IDM ] (infml ) အသက်ရှူပေါက်ရသွားသည်။ The decline of the dollar got the government off the hook. ❍ Despite a good spell of bowling England was not let off the hook.
❏ hook and eye n (pl hooks and eyes ) (အဝတ်အစားတွင် အဆက်အစပ် ပစ္စည်းအဖြစ် သုံးသော) ချိတ်နှင့်ကွင်း။ do up the hook and eye of a dress.
❏ hooked adj (က) ကောက်ချိတ်နေသော။ a hooked nose/ beak. (ခ) ချိတ် (သို့) ချိတ်များပါသော။
❏ hook, line and sinker [IDM ] လုံးလုံးလျားလျား၊ လုံးဝဥဿုံ (အပတ်ခံရသည်)။ What I said was untrue but he fell for it/swallowed it (ie believed it) hook, line and sinker.
❏ hook-nosed adj နှာရောင်ကောက်ကြီးနှင့်။ ကောက်ချိတ် နေသော နှာခေါင်းကြီးနှင့်။
❏ hook sth/sb up [PHRV ] ချိတ်နှင့်ကွင်းတပ်၍ ဝတ်ပေးသည်။ Please will you hook me up (ie fasten my dress) at the back?
❏ hook (sb/sth) up (to/with sth ) [PHRV ] ချိတ်ဆက်သည်။ ဆက်သည်။ be hooked up to a body scanner ❍ The BBC is hooked up with Australian television.
❏ hook-up n အချိတ်အဆက်။ အဆက်အသွယ်။ ချိတ်ဆက်။ a satellite hook-up between the major European networks.
❏ off the hook [IDM ] (တယ်လီဖုန်းကို) ဘေးချထားသည်။ He left the phone off the hook so that he wouldn't be disturbed.

More examples

He hung his coat on a hook on the back of the door.
A meat hook
A boat hook
[a left/right hook] : A left hook to the jaw
Their music is packed with catchy hooks that grab you right off the bat.

Synonyms

fastener, clasp, clip, catch, hook and eye, popper, press-stud, fastening, angle, attach, bag, boat hook, button, couple, crook, curve, curved fastener, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fishhook, fix, grab, grapnel, grapple, hanger, hasp, holder, join, knob, lasso, link, lock, meat hook, nail, net, peg, pin, secure, snare, tie, trap

Antonyms

detach, exclude, free, let go, liberate, loose, loosen, lose, release, straighten, unfasten, unhook, unlatch, unlock

Cross references

fastener clasp clip catch hook and eye popper press-stud fastening angle attach bag boat hook button couple crook curve curved fastener enmesh ensnare entrap fasten fishhook fix grab grapnel grapple hanger hasp

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