1. a player in rugby who hooks the ball back in a scrum
Usage: sports
2. a fishing boat that uses hooks and lines
Usage: nautical
3. a prostitute
Usage: slang; offensive

Examples

• The hooker threw the ball into the lineout.
• The rugby team’s hooker was injured during practice.
• Several hookers returned to port with their catch.
• The old hooker had been fishing these waters for decades.
• The fishing fleet included three hookers and two trawlers.