Meaning of āķis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. hook (instrument with a curved extremity ending in a pointed tip, used to hang or suspend things)
   declension-2
2. a hidden or disguised intention or thought
   declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

“metāla, tērauda, kaula āķis”

metal, steel, bone hook

“iedzīt klintī āķus”

to drive hooks into the rock

“makšķeres āķis”

fishhook

“uzlikt ēsmu uz āķa”

to put the bait on the (fish)hook

“uzkabināt uz āķa”

to hang (something) on a hook

“noņemt no āķa”

to take something off from the hook

“celtņa āķis”

crane hook

“tur vajag būt kādam āķim”

there has to be some hook (= hidden intention) there

“lūk, kur tas āķis!”

look, there is the hook! (= that was the hidden intention)

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