I need to buy some hookup wire.
The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
"The latter participant, for instance, met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online."[
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hookup — hook‧up [ˈhʊkʌp] noun [countable] 1. COMPUTING a connection to a computer or telephone system, to the Internet etc: • I work from home via a computer hookup. • an office complete with fax, cellular phones and satellite hookup 2 … Financial and business terms
hookup — (n.) also hook up, “connection,” 1903; modern slang verbal sense of “to meet for sex” is attested by 2003 … Etymology dictionary
hookup — ☆ hookup [hook′up΄ ] n. [ HOOK + UP1] 1. the arrangement and connection of parts, circuits, etc. in a radio, telephone system, network of radio stations, etc. 2. a connection, as for water or electricity, in a trailer park or campsite 3. Informal … English World dictionary
hookup — [ hʊkʌp] (D; intr.) to hookup with ( to join ) (D; tr.) to hookup to (to hookup a telephone up to the cable) … Combinatory dictionary
hookup — {n.} A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. * /Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hookup — {n.} A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. * /Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hookup — /hook up /, n. 1. an act or instance of hooking up. 2. an assembly and connection of parts, components, or apparatus into a circuit, network, machine, or system. 3. the circuit, network, machine, or system so formed. 4. a device or connection, as … Universalium
hookup — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, articulation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cahoots,… … Moby Thesaurus
hookup — noun A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup … Словарь американских идиом
hookup — noun Date: 1903 1. a state of cooperation or alliance 2. an assemblage (as of circuits) used for a specific purpose (as radio transmission); also the plan of such an assemblage 3. an arrangement of mechanical parts; also connection < a campsite… … New Collegiate Dictionary
