Words That End With: HOKE

• a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

• a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

• breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

• be too tight; rub or press

• wring the neck of

• constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

• struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

• fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

• check or slow down the action or effect of

• become or cause to become obstructed

• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

• become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

• suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• reduce the air supply

• cause to retch or choke

• A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

• A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.

• Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.

• The curved needle used in the art of crochet.

• The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

• A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.

• A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.

• A snare; a trap.

• (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.

• Removal or expulsion from a group or activity

• A field sown two years in succession.

• (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.

• (authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.

• A finesse.

• A jack (the playing card).

• A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.

• A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.

• A ship's anchor.

• Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.

• (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.

• A diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.

• A háček.

• Senses relating to sports.

• Something contrived or artificial.

• To ascribe a false or artificial quality to; to pretend falsely to have some quality or to be doing something, etc.

• To scrounge, to grub.