'To hook on' definitions:

Definition of 'To hook on'

From: GCIDE
  • Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Hooking.]
  • 1. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. [1913 Webster]
  • Hook him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • To hook on, to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook. [1913 Webster]