Arc and Hook

Arc

Arc verb - To turn away from a straight line or course.

Usage example: the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him

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Hook and arc are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hook" instead the word "Arc" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: arch, arcing, arced

Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.

Usage example: the pitcher hooked the ball, and the batter missed

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Arc and hook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arc" instead the word "Hook" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

old	old arc	old hook
long	long arc	long hook
similar	similar arc	similar hook
original	original arc	original hook
Other adjectives: many, true, single, small, strong, actual, entire, real, main, new, major, minor, later, last, different, said.

Shipper on Deck: In the third anime arc (Volume 3), Mark, Lant and Diana all pull for Lawrence to hook up with his princess, i.e. Holo.

Source: Light Novel / Spice and Wolf
In arc-heavy series, a good Stand Alone Episode can be the hook a die-hard fan of the show can use to pull others in, due to its self-contained nature.

Source: Stand Alone Episode
Space Usagi and Tomoe (who's a rabbit like Mariko and a samurai like Tomoe) do hook up unfortunately she's killed in the next story arc.

Source: Comic Book / Usagi Yojimbo

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