フック

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フックする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for a curved or bent device used to catch, hold, or pull something.

In boxing, a short, curved punch thrown with the lead or rear hand.

In golf, a shot that curves sharply from right to left (for a right-handed player). Can also be used as a suru-verb.

〈物もの〉をフックにかけるto hang something on a hook
コートをフックにかけた。
I hung my coat on the hook.
〈相あい手て〉に右みぎフックを入いれるto land a right hook on an opponent
選せん手しゅは相あい手てに右みぎフックを入いれた。
The boxer landed a right hook on his opponent.
ボールがフックするthe ball hooks (curves right-to-left in golf)
強つよく打うったらボールがフックしてしまった。
When I hit it too hard, the ball hooked.
フックが決きまるthe hook connects cleanly
きれいなフックが決きまった。
He landed a clean hook.

鉤かぎ sense 1
鉤 is the native Japanese word for a hook-shaped device, while フック is the loanword commonly used for hardware, sports equipment, and technical contexts.

スライス sense 3
In golf, フック curves right-to-left for a right-handed player while スライス curves the opposite way, left-to-right.

ボディーブロー
フック is a curved hook punch usually thrown at the head, whereas ボディーブロー targets the body and is typically straighter.
ジャブ
ジャブ travels straight out from the shoulder, whereas フック is a curved, sideways punch aimed at the head or body.

個こN5sense 1
フック (the physical hook object) is typically counted with 個, the general counter for small items.

Borrowed from English 'hook'.