cathook

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noun

The hook of a cat-block.

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Meanings

nouncathook (plural cathooks)

plural cathooks

  1. nauticalThe hook of a cat-block.

    He does not try to catch trout with doughballs, nor minnows with a chunk of meat on a large cathook.

    1938, Henry Eugene Watters, Youth Makes the Choice: Vocational and Social Self-guidance (page 242)

Origin

From cat + hook.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

katchoo
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“cathook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cathook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cathook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cathook.

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