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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sling one's hook en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave, depart, especially if forced to do so.
    • ‘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.’ 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
    • 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. 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
    • 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." 2005, Kevin Muir, Run For Freedom:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
slung one's hook Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
slung one's hook Tense=Past lexicographic
slings one's hook Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
slinging one's hook Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic