tenter hooks

(or tenterhooks) meaning to wait with feelings of nervousness or anxiety in anticipation for something to happen in the near future.

She was on tenter hooks as the police officer calculated her BAC.

by mailburner January 13, 2010

fish on a hook

A person who continually wraps her arm around her head in a hook-like fashion to pull her hair to one side.

Becca is such a fish on a hook; Becca is fishing on a hook again!

by getit234 July 07, 2014

Hook Off

To hit somebody. Usually a punch out multiple punches towards the face.

James: Why is that man laying on the floor sleeping?
Derek: He was mad disrespectful, so I had to hook off on him.
James: Damn...

by DHirtyFYL February 24, 2015

Gooch Hook

adjective- to gooch hook.

- similar to the Fish Hook however the finger is first rubbed on the gooch before hooking the unsuspecting's mouth. Can be used during intercourse or as a simple greeting between friends. A more tricky manuver is the Double Gooch Hook

Mick "Bloody Screech snuck up and gooch hooked me in the club the other night, havn't seen him for ages..

Dan "Struth, sneeky bugger"
Mick "I got him back though, while he was at the bar i got him with the ol' double gooch hook!"

by King of Gooch July 07, 2009

Hook upgrade

An term of derision. In this situation, a woman regularly hooks up with a man who is only interested in casual sex. The man will either explicitly say that he does not want a romantic relationship, or will repeatedly tell the woman that he is “not sure what he wants”- as a way to defer the subject, or to indirectly tell the woman “no.” But the woman naively believes that if she just sticks it out long enough and shows the man how much she cares for him, a proper relationship will eventually begin. In actuality this will never, ever happen. The “hook upgrade” is the female equivalent of the “gay friend” phenomenon.

Despite several failures, Buffy continues to believe in the possibility of the hook upgrade.

by Popeyes Chicken Ph.D. February 18, 2010

Sky hook

Among soldiers in the 1970s, there was no such thing as a sky hook. It was a fictional item used to send rookies on a wild goose chase.

"Private, go over to Charlie Battery and ask them if they can lend yo ua sky hook."

by Tom from the Shore October 30, 2007

sky hook

1) In construction work, it is one of the initiation rites of passage given to all new apprentice workers, and thought to be very funny by senior workers in on the gag.
see also - rock stretcher, 68 volkswagen water pump, double pump conchitchilator with a two stage cadisafossil

The foreman just sent that new guy out to get the sky hooks, he'll be right back.

by cunninglinguist April 26, 2005