dehook

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Northern England, UK/diːˈhuːk/UK, UK/diːˈhʊk/

verb

To remove a hook or hooks from.

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Meanings

verbdehook (third-person singular simple present dehooks, present participle dehooking, simple past and past participle dehooked)

present singular third person dehooks · participle present dehooking · participle past dehooked · past dehooked

  1. transitiveTo remove a hook or hooks from.

    There is no way an angler or guide should ever dehook a toothy specimen without gloves and pliers.

    2006, Hartt Wixom, Fishing: the extra edge, page 37

Origin

From de- + hook.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hooked
Cite this entry
APA

dehook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehook

MLA

“dehook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehook. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehook.

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