Definition of hook, line, and sinker

hook, line, and sinker    

adjective

• completely.

  My parents bought the excuse hook, line, and sinker.

  • See more words with the same meaning: very, extremely, completely, in a grand way.

  Last edited on Apr 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 26 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'very, extremely, completely, in a grand way':
right	Definitions include: very.
fecking	Definitions include: "fucking".
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
af	Definitions include: acronym for "as fuck".
-asaurus rex	Definitions include: suffix added to a noun to create the name of a metaphoric creature that greatly exhibits that noun.
straight up	Definitions include: truthfully.
like a heart-attack	Definitions include: a lot.
bare	Definitions include: "great" as in "large in number or quantity".
mug	Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way.
proper	Definitions include: very.
crazy	Definitions include: excellent.
V	Definitions include: "vehicle".
good and	Definitions include: very.
ASL	Definitions include: online chatting acronym for "age, sex, location?"
mass	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
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Other terms relating to 'and':
AAB	Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Abel and Cain	Definitions include: "rain".
Adam and Eve	Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
all wind and piss	Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
an arm and a leg	Definitions include: a lot of money.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and all that jazz	Definitions include: et cetera.
and a quarter	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and change	Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
and how	Definitions include: interjection of agreement.
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Other terms relating to 'hook':
butt hook	Definitions include: jerk; bastard.
heezy	Definitions include: "hell".
hizzle	Definitions include: one's home, or place of living
hizzy	Definitions include: house.
hook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "hook up".
hook a niggah up	Definitions include: a request to hook up a nigga, i.e. to give something to a person.
hooked	Definitions include: addicted.
hooking	Definitions include: understanding or knowing.
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
hook up with	Definitions include: See hook up.
let off the hook	Definitions include: See off the hook.
meat hooks	Definitions include: hands.
off da heezie	Definitions include: extreme; wild; awesome.
off da hook	Definitions include: alternate spelling of off the hook.
off tha hizzy	Definitions include: alternate spelling of off the hook.
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Other terms relating to 'line':
a fine line	Definitions include: a very small distinction.
cross the line	Definitions include: to do something inappropriate.
do a line	Definitions include: to inhale a line of cocaine.
dotted line report	Definitions include: in an organization chart, a solid line is used to indicate the relationship between a manager and their reports.
down da line	Definitions include: somewhere south of one's current location.
draw a line in the sand	Definitions include: to establish a limit.
end of the line	Definitions include: the last part of something.
have (one's) neck on the line	Definitions include: to be responsible for failure.
lay it on the line	Definitions include: to reveal the truth.
line	Definitions include: a pick-up line.
line of work	Definitions include: profession.
main line	Definitions include: to inject a drug into a vein.
pickup line	Definitions include: a canned sentence used to attempt to arouse the interest of a person in order to fuel romance or physical intimacy.
rat-line	Definitions include: a telephone number that is used by the police to enable citizens to provide anonymous information, e.g. Crimestoppers.
read between the lines	Definitions include: to look for hidden subtext.
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Other terms relating to 'sink':
clink sink drink	Definitions include: While imbibing an alcoholic shot, the act of clinking your glass with a partner, sinking the glass to the table, then raising and drinking the shot.
everything but the kitchen sink	Definitions include: everything.
sinker	Definitions include: a biscuit.
time sink	Definitions include: a project that is capable of consuming a practically unlimited amount of time.

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