Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sling one's hook

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables: sling one's hook
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leave, depart, especially if forced to do so.

Colloquial; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"‘I don’t want none of your apologies, and I don’t want none of you neither; I don’t like the looks of you, and so I tell you. Before I let anybody into my house you’ll have to sling your hook.’"
"Placing his hand on the doorknob he could hear his father's indignant voice: "If he's no job he can damn well sling his hook, he's not living under my roof free gratis, I want him out.""
"Landlady: O'Brien? He don't live here any more. Not lived here for months. I made him sling his hook. Never paid his lodgings."

Usage

Inflected Forms

slings one's hook (present, singular) slinging one's hook (participle, present) slung one's hook (participle, past) slung one's hook (past)

Questions

What does sling one's hook mean?: To leave, depart, especially if forced to do so.

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