hookup

noun

hook·up | \ ˈhu̇k-ˌəp

Definition of hookup

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a state of cooperation or alliance

2 : an assemblage (as of circuits) used for a specific purpose (such as radio transmission) also : the plan of such an assemblage

3 : an arrangement of mechanical parts also : connection a campsite with electric, water, and sewer hookups

4 : an act or an instance of hooking up especially : a casual sexual encounter

hook up

verb

hooked up; hooking up; hooks up

Definition of hook up (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to become associated especially in a working, social, or sexual relationship

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Examples of hookup in a Sentence

Noun The interview will be broadcast through a satellite hookup. The cabin has electric and water hookups. Verb how that odd couple ever hooked up we'll never know

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Meanwhile, Betty's more worried about Polly's recent disappearing act than her new students fearing her as the daughter of the Black Hood, so Archie offers to de-stress her with another secret steamy hookup. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "Riverdale recap: Back to school for more epic highs and lows of high school football," 25 Feb. 2021 Malushi was part of two spectacular set pieces, the quarter-closing hookup with Schwieger and a leaping save of a ball earlier in the first that junior guard Isaiah Smith converted into a 3-point play. — Patrick Z. Mcgavin, chicagotribune.com, "Loyola recruit Ben Schwieger sparks Waubonsie Valley to a 15-0 lead en route to easy win over Naperville North. All this after ‘a wake-up call.’," 24 Feb. 2021 The final touchdown hookup came with 11 seconds remaining in the half when Fields again threw a dart over the middle to Ruckert. — Nathan Baird, cleveland, "Ohio State football’s unproven freshmen helped break the Clemson curse: Nathan Baird’s observations," 3 Jan. 2021 The next closest water source is a city hookup 2 miles away and would require getting permission to lay pipe across multiple private properties. — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, "302 Fairfield housing units sit vacant. Why? Air Force won't turn the water on," 8 Feb. 2021 Getting ghosted by a Tinder hookup has nothin’ on being kicked out of a ’57 Chevy and bein’ made to walk yourself home at night through a forest of Smokey Mountain bears. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, "Dolly Parton Once Faced a Forest of Bears Rather Than Hook Up With a Guy She Didn’t Like," 6 Feb. 2021 Starkel and Gaither combined on another long completion on the ensuing possession, a 48-yard hookup to the Nevada 29 — but the Spartans again could not take advantage. — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, "San Jose State rallies to beat Nevada, reaches Mountain West title game," 11 Dec. 2020 The two immediately start flirting — right in front of Maria Elizondo, Vinny's ex/current hookup. — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, "Double Shot at Love: Vinny Is All Over 'Flirty Bottle Girl' Olivia in Miami — See Maria's Reaction," 13 Aug. 2020 The clinic itself just got a fiber-optic hookup in early December. — Tara Santora, Popular Science, "Meet the nurse who’s running a Texas COVID-19 clinic all on her own," 4 Jan. 2021

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