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Learn the meaning of hook up as a phrasal verb and a noun in English. Find out how to use it in different contexts, such as meeting people, starting a relationship, or connecting devices.
Learn the various meanings and uses of the word hookup, from a state of cooperation or alliance to a casual sexual encounter. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for hookup.
the connection between a supply of something and its user, or a connection between two or more pieces of equipment: Each campsite has complete electric, water, and sewage hookups. Millions were watching via a satellite hookup. (Definition of hookup from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A hook-up is a connection between two places, systems, or pieces of equipment. Water and electric hook-ups are available and facilities are good. 2. countable noun. A hook-up is an occasion when people meet, communicate, or work together. [informal] Her next project was a hook-up with producer Mark Ronson. 3. countable noun.
noun. the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft. an alliance or relationship, esp an unlikely one, between people, countries, etc. the linking of broadcasting equipment or stations to transmit a special programme. verb. to connect (two or more people or things) slang. often foll by with to get married (to)
If someone hooks up with another person, they begin a sexual or romantic relationship with that person. You can also say that two people hook up.
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.
