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big hook

American  

noun

Railroads Slang.
  1. wrecking crane.


Example Sentences

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Is there a final punchline to this campaign — or does Lightfoot risk getting yanked offstage with a big hook?

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2020

On the 10th hole she hit a big hook into the trees.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 1, 2018

But the movie’s big hook is that music starts from second one and doesn’t let up until the whole film ends.

From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2017

I wanted to see that big hook, you know, and I got to see it.

From Newsweek • Apr. 28, 2012

She set out bowls of soup and hung a fresh disc of bread from the big hook.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor