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hook
B2Frequent NGSL-3a curved piece of metal, plastic or wire for hanging things on, catching fish with, etc.
to fasten or hang something on something else using a hook; to be fastened or hanging in this way
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unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section.
Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement Speech (2022)
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But for 'Wild Flower', it just—when I listen to the track, the melody, the right vocal, the right hook just pop into my mind.
That is off the hook.
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