fishhook

• fish hook

From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish +‎ hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/

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fishhook (plural fishhooks)

1. A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.

   Synonyms: angle, fishing hook, hook

2. (slang, card games) A jack (type of playing card).

fishhook (third-person singular simple present fishhooks, present participle fishhooking, simple past and past participle fishhooked)

1. (transitive) To impale with a fishhook.
2. (intransitive) To bend back on itself like a fishhook.

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker‎, MGI/Mike Caro University, →ISBN