A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.
1. A device designed to bind or constrict or to press two or more parts together so as to hold them firmly
2. Any of various instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding or compressing something

1. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
2. The act of grasping; SYN. clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold.

ETYM Old Eng. crok; akin to Icel. kronkr hook, bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Related to Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.
A long staff with one end being hook shaped; SYN. shepard's crook.

ETYM French crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. Related to Crook, Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.
A small tool or hook-like implement.

ETYM Latin, cross, torture, trouble.
The most important point; SYN. crux of the matter.
1. A puzzling or difficult problem; an unsolved question.
2. An essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome.
3. A main or central feature (as of an argument).

A small problem.
A spike caused by the skew of switches or logic. Glitches are a troublesome source of error in high-speed D/A convertors and they are most prevalent at the mid scale switching location.

(Irregular plural: hitches).
1. A knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it.
2. Connects a vehicle to the load that it pulls.
3. The uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg; SYN. hobble, limp.

ETYM Old Eng. hok, as. hôc; cf. Dutch haak, German hake, haken, Old High Germ. hâko, hâgo, hâggo, Icel. haki, Swed. hake, Dan. hage. Related to Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake, Hatch a half door, Heckle.
1. A catch for locking a door.
2. A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something.
3. A device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something; SYN. claw.
4. A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; SYN. draw.
5. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook; SYN. crotchet.
6. A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent. + prikaži više

Rattlesnake Crotalus cerastes that lives in the deserts of the SW US and Mexico, and moves by throwing its coils into a sideways “jump” across the sand. It can grow up to 75 cm/30 in long.
1. Air-to-air missile with infrared homing device.
2. Small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an S-shaped curve; SYN. horned rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes. + prikaži više

1. To catch with a hook
2. To fasten with a hook.
3. To hit with a hock; in boxing.
4. (Golf) To hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left.
5. To take by theft; SYN. snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom.