bill hook

noun

A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.

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Meanings

nounbill hook (plural bill hooks)

plural bill hooks

  1. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
  2. biologyA 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.
  3. alternativeAlternative form of billhook (in its other senses)
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APA

bill hook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bill%20hook

MLA

“bill hook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bill%20hook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bill hook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bill%20hook.

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