From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhakehake /heɪk/ noun (plural hake) [countable, uncountable] HBFa sea fish, used as food
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hake• The planned 75 % reduction in the permitted catch of hake was whittled down to 41 %.• This includes an extra 750 tonnes of haddock and 800 tonnes of hake.• Hard times for the hake and pilchard, next on the U.S. shopping list.• October came and with it the hake, caught with the pilchard nets but some also on hook and line.Origin hake (1400-1500) Perhaps from an unrecorded hakefish, from hake “hook” ((15-19 centuries)) 