Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captain hook

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tain hook
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A villain, especially a pirate and especially one with a missing hand that may be replaced with a hook.

Example Sentences

"Rise and fall of Abu Hamza: the ‘Captain Hook’ of controversial preachers"
"Even that conscientiously crusty Daily Mirror columnist Cassandra, the Captain Hook of Fleet Street, burst into angry tears and published a black-edged In Memoriam notice for Little Lemon."
"Chest tight, her one hand clenched into a rock hard fist, Gliss stared at the remains. Vampires were not lizards. They didn't regrow limbs. Her hand would not reassemble itself. Shit. She'd be the Captain Hook of vampires. But first. She pointed at her hand with her slowly oozing stump. "TIl remember that. It'll cost you your head.""
"and you guessed the * Petey said, not at all offended. "Since you're dressed like a pirate, and you seem to like..." Petey paused, then sensed a feeling-thought from Mr. Farmer Bean... "being the Captain Hook of this group.""

Etymology

After the character from the Peter Pan story.

Inflected Forms

Captain Hooks (plural)

Questions

What does captain hook mean?: A villain, especially a pirate and especially one with a missing hand that may be replaced with a hook.
Where does captain hook come from?: After the character from the Peter Pan story.

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