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hooking
 n.— «There was bickering among players across the net at several matches with players from one team accusing players from the other team of deliberately making incorrect calls—“hooking” in tennis parlance.» —“Aragon holds on to beat Mills” by Nathan Mollat San Mateo Daily Journal (California) Mar. 23, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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