Meaning & use
hooker
(slang) A prostitute; a person, especially a woman, who is paid to have sex with clients.
See it in a sentence
The film portrayed a struggling hooker trying to leave the business behind.
Police said several hookers had been working along that stretch of highway.
A note on using this word
In rugby, 'hooker' is simply a neutral position name; the slang sense elsewhere is coarse and best avoided in polite speech.
Words with a similar meaning
prostitutesex worker
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Another way to use it
2. noun
In rugby union, the front-row player who tries to hook the ball backward during a scrum.
The hooker struck the ball cleanly backward the moment the scrum engaged.
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