Meanings
nounboathook (plural boathooks)
plural boathooks
- A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.
2007 March 11, Michael Chabon, “Gentlemen of the Road”, in New York TimesSynonyms: setting pole, gaff, setter, pole hook, hitcher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
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Translations
Bulgarian ка́нджа
- ка́нджа (kándža)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Catalan bitxero, gafa
- bitxerohook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- gafahook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Danish bådshage
- bådshagehook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Dutch bootshaak
- bootshaakhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Estonian pootshaak
- pootshaakhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Finnish venekeksi
- venekeksihook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
French harpin, gaffe
- harpinhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- gaffehook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
German Bootshaken, Boothaken
- Bootshakenhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- Boothakenhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Greek αρπάγη
- αρπάγη (arpági)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Hungarian csáklya
- csáklyahook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Italian mezzomarinaro, gaffa
- mezzomarinarohook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- gaffahook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- alighierohook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Norwegian Bokmål båtshake
- båtshakehook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Polish osęka, osęk
- osękahook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- osękhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- bosakhook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Portuguese bicheiro
- bicheirohook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Romanian cange
- cangehook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Russian о́чеп, очепо́к
- о́чеп (óčep)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- очепо́к (očepók)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- баго́р (bagór)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- баго́р-отпо́рник (bagór-otpórnik)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- шлю́почный крюк (šljúpočnyj krjuk)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- отпо́рный крюк (otpórnyj krjuk)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Spanish bichero
- bicherohook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Swedish båtshake
- båtshakehook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Ukrainian оче́па, баго́р
- оче́па (očépa)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
- баго́р (bahór)hook attached to a pole to push out or pull in things — see also setting pole
Cite this entry
APA
boathook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boathook
MLA
“boathook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boathook. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boathook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boathook.
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