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unhookable en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From unhook + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Capable of being taken down from hooks.

Translations (1)

fr décrochable (Capable of being unhooked)

unhookable en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- + hookable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Impossible to hook or catch hold of.
    • The water was full of unhookable fish; they would strike savagely but quickly slip from the hook before I could even identify them. 2008, Paul Schullery, Mountain Time: A Yellowstone Memoir, page 51: