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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Hook as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A player serves a hook to his or her opponent when they shoots and miss, but by luck or by design, they leaves the opponent no shot whatsoever. This sense of the word hook is the same as the term snooker or snookered. Hook may also refer to the hook rest.
Gary is known as Captain Hook. He may miss, but never leaves you with any shot.
The term "hook" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The hook definition was entered on 4/11/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:23 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: hooked, locked up, in jail, jail, snookered, snooker, hook rest for more on the meaning of hook.
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