dog hook

1. 1.

   a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs

   Synonymspeaveypeavycant dog

   Broaderlever

   Narrowercant hook

Questions about dog hook

What does dog hook mean?

dog hook means "a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs".

What is another word for dog hook?

Close synonyms include peavey, peavy, cant dog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dog hook a common word?

dog hook is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.