hooker

Other forms of hooker

plural

hookers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hooker

What does hooker mean?

hooker means "United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hooker?

hooker has 2 syllables: hook-er. The stress falls on "hook". In IPA it is /ˈhʊkɚ/.

What is another word for hooker?

Close synonyms include Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker, Richard Hooker, streetwalker, street girl. 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 hooker a common word?

hooker is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.