Hooker may refer to:

People

Hooker (surname) Hooker is a surname, originally indicating someone who made hooks or an agricultural worker who used hooks. Notable people with the surname include: *Amani Hooker (born 1998), American football player *Brad Hooker (born 1957), English philosopher * ...

Places

Antarctica

Mount Hooker (Antarctica) Mount Lister () is a massive mountain, high, forming the highest point in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) which named it for Lord Joseph Lister, ...

Cape Hooker (Antarctica) Davis Ice Piedmont () is an ice piedmont about long and wide, located along the north side of Missen Ridge on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming The name ''Cape Davis'', after John E. Davis, Second Master of ...

Cape Hooker (South Shetland Islands) Cape Hooker is the south-eastern point of Low Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The feature was roughly charted by nineteenth century sealers; it was further charted by Commander Henry Foster in 1829 but shown as the north-eas ...

New Zealand

* Hooker River *

Hooker Valley Track The Hooker Valley Track is the most popular short walking track within the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At only length and gaining only about in height, the well formed track can be walked by tourists with a wide range o ...

Mount Hooker (New Zealand) Mount Hooker is a mountain in the West Coast Region of New Zealand. Description Mount Hooker is located in the Southern Alps of the South Island. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains south into the headwaters of the Clarke River (Wes ...

in the

Southern Alps The Southern Alps (; officially Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana) are a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand, New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side. The n ...

Hooker Glacier (New Zealand) Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It is not as large as its neighbour, the Tasman Glacier, measuring 11 kilometres (roughly 6–7 miles) in length. Etymolog ...

, in the Southern Alps

United States

Hooker, California Hooker is an unincorporated area in northwest Tehama County, California, near Hooker Creek. It is an agricultural community. History The community takes its name from J. M. Hooker, who settled near the mouth of Hooker Creek in 1852. Hooker railr ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hooker, Georgia Hooker is an unincorporated community in Dade County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Hooker was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1896. The community was named after Joseph Hooker Joseph Hooker ...

, an unincorporated community * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Hooker post office and river branch *

Hooker, Missouri Hooker is a ghost town in Pulaski County, Missouri, Pulaski County, Missouri, United States, along the former U.S. Route 66 (now Missouri Supplemental Route Z). The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. Built on a new alignment of US 66 (whic ...

, a ghost town * Hooker, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Hooker, Oklahoma, a city *

Hooker, South Dakota Hooker is an unincorporated community in Turner County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. History Hooker was founded in 1894, and named for John Hooker, a pioneer settler. The post office in Hooker closed in 1954. Hooker was served by a branch ...

, an unincorporated community *

Hooker County, Nebraska Hooker County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 711. Its county seat is Mullen, which (as of 2019) is the county's only community of substantial size. In the Nebraska license ...

Hooker Township, Dixon County, Nebraska Hooker Township is one of thirteen townships in Dixon County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 186 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 184. See also *County government in Nebraska County governm ...

* Hooker Township, Gage County, Nebraska *

Hooker Dam Hooker Dam was a proposed dam on the Gila River in New Mexico, planned as a major component of the Central Arizona Project. Located near the mouth of the river's canyon upstream from the confluence of the Gila with Mogollon Creek and below Turkey C ...

, a proposed dam on the Gila River in New Mexico * Hooker Falls, North Carolina *

Mount Hooker (Wyoming) Mount Hooker () is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Mount Hooker was named for Joseph Dalton Hooker, the prominent 19th-century British botanist and explorer. The north and east slopes of Mount Hooker present some of ...

Elsewhere

Mount Hooker (Canada) Mount Hooker is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1827 by David Douglas after William Jackson Hooker. Until the turn of the century, Mount Hooker and the nearby Mount Brown were thought to be the high ...

, a mountain on the Continental Divide and border between British Columbia and Alberta, Canada *

Hooker and Brown Hooker and Brown are two mythical mountains, once reputed to lie on the great Divide of the Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park, bordering the Athabasca Pass, the old passage for the fur trade. These two peaks were reputed to be the highest mo ...

, mythical mountains alleged to exist in the Canadian Rockies *

Hooker Island Hooker Island (; ''Ostrov Gukera'') is one of the central islands of Franz Josef Land. It is located in the central area of the archipelago at . It is administered by the Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. History Hooker Island was discovered by the ...

, Franz Josef Land, Russia

In sport

Hooker (rugby league) Hooker may refer to: People * Hooker (surname) Places Antarctica * Mount Hooker (Antarctica) * Cape Hooker (Antarctica) * Cape Hooker (South Shetland Islands) New Zealand * Hooker River * Hooker Valley Track * Mount Hooker (New Zealand) ...

, one of the positions in rugby league football * Hooker, one of the positions in rugby union football * In cricket, a batsman who plays the

hook shot In basketball, a hook shot is a play where the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball using a sweeping motion of the arm farther from the basket in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over ...

* An expert practitioner of

catch wrestling Catch wrestling (also known as catch-as-catch-can) is an English wrestling style where wrestlers aim to win by Pin (sport wrestling), pinning or Submission (combat sports), submitting their opponent using any legal holds or techniques. It emph ...

* ''Hooker'', book by

Lou Thesz Aloysius Martin Thesz (April 24, 1916 – April 28, 2002), known by the ring name Lou Thesz, was an American professional wrestler and wrestling coach. Considered to be one of the last true shooters (legitimate wrestlers) in professional w ...

on professional wrestling * A boxer who is particularly known for throwing hooks

Other uses

Prostitute Prostitution is a type of sex work that involves engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-pe ...

, colloquially called a "hooker" * Galway hooker, a traditional Irish fishing boat *

Hooker Telescope The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles. The observ ...

, a 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory * Hooker Emerald, a emerald owned by the Smithsonian Institution * The title character of ''

T. J. Hooker ''T. J. Hooker'' is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network unt ...

'', an American police drama television program, played by William Shatner * "Hooker", a song by Pink from the album ''

Try This ''Try This'' is the third studio album by American singer Pink, released on November 11, 2003, by Arista Records. Wanting to expand more on the rock sound, which she explored on her previous record, '' Missundaztood'', for ''Try This'' Pink colla ...

'' *

Hooker's Green Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint be ...

, a particular mixture of green and blue