Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Obsolete variants of hook.

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  • noun South Africa A small type of hut

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Examples

  • This invasion would unfold as stage two, given the pre emptive moves on the United States part in resupplying or fortifying the islands, I would have the attack or left hok, flanking manoeuvre, thus bypassing the Philippines initially.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » A Sweet Jane alt-hist challenge! 2010

  • "After I told them story about it being a smear and all they ate it up hok, line and sinker."

    Happy hour (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • "There's a four-word idiom, yi hok, nan jin, which translates to 'easy to learn, hard to perfect,' that summarizes dim-sum making," says Chef Lau.

    The Heart of Dim Sum Amy Ma 2010

  • Similarly, “hok” calls were almost exclusively associated with the presence of a crowned eagle (either a real eagle attack or in response to another monkey's eagle alarm calls), while “hok-oo” calls were given to a range of disturbances within the canopy, including the presence of an eagle or a neighbouring group (whose presence could sometimes be inferred by the vocal behaviour of the females).

    Archive 2009-12-01 GamesWithWords 2009

  • Similarly, “hok” calls were almost exclusively associated with the presence of a crowned eagle (either a real eagle attack or in response to another monkey's eagle alarm calls), while “hok-oo” calls were given to a range of disturbances within the canopy, including the presence of an eagle or a neighbouring group (whose presence could sometimes be inferred by the vocal behaviour of the females).

    Do monkeys have grammar? GamesWithWords 2009

  • Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Until Dec. 20 www. hok.no

    Time Off Europe Calendar 2008

  • Here are my top 10, organized roughly in chronological order (for lack of a more meaningful schema): 1. Ando Momofuku (1910-2007, also Go Pek-hok), inventor of Instant Ramen, died January 7, 2007.

    2007: Japan Top Ten Year in Review 2007

  • Here are my top 10, organized roughly in chronological order (for lack of a more meaningful schema): 1. Ando Momofuku (1910-2007, also Go Pek-hok), inventor of Instant Ramen, died January 7, 2007.

    2007: Japan Top Ten Year in Review 2007

  • Here are my top 10, organized roughly in chronological order (for lack of a more meaningful schema): 1. Ando Momofuku (1910-2007, also Go Pek-hok), inventor of Instant Ramen, died January 7, 2007.

    2007: Japan Top Ten Year in Review 2007

  • Here are my top 10, organized roughly in chronological order (for lack of a more meaningful schema): 1. Ando Momofuku (1910-2007, also Go Pek-hok), inventor of Instant Ramen, died January 7, 2007.

    井の中の蛙 » 2007: Japan Top Ten Year in Review » Print 2007

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