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hookup
[ hook-uhp ]
noun
- an act or instance of hooking up.
- an assembly and connection of parts, components, or apparatus into a circuit, network, machine, or system.
- the circuit, network, machine, or system so formed.
- a device or connection, as a plug, hose, or pipe, for conveying electricity, a water supply, etc., from a source to a user:
Some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers.
- Informal. an association, alliance, or cooperative effort:
A closer hookup of Caribbean nations would be good for international trade.
- Informal.
- a sexual encounter without a long-term commitment:
I’m over these college boys who are only interested in meaningless hookups.
- a person with whom one has such an encounter:
I ran into an old hookup at the club, but I pretended not to remember her.
- Slang.
- a supplier of illicit goods, usually drugs:
My hookup is getting out of the game—can you introduce me to your guy?
- access to illegal drugs:
When you are trying to score on the street it is easy to see who has the hookup.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hookup1
Example Sentences
In a series of events Wright called “alarming and tragic,” a closeted Nova Scotia teen downloaded the LGBTQ+ hookup app in an attempt to meet other gay kids in his rural Canadian town.
Electrical hookups are provided, and a mobile bathroom will remain on-site.
A new Starlink satellite hookup assures communication with the outside world.
As the girls track Keshawn to the bedroom of his latest hookup, a clump of hair blows ominously across their path.
But my heart was truly never looking for short-term hookups.
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