hook-up
noun
the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft
hook-up
Britishnoun
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the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft
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an alliance or relationship, esp an unlikely one, between people, countries, etc
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the linking of broadcasting equipment or stations to transmit a special programme
verb
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to connect (two or more people or things)
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slang (often foll by with) to get married (to)
hook up
Idioms
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Assemble or wire a mechanism, as in Dick helped us hook up the stereo system . [1920s]
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Connect a mechanism with a main source, as in The computer had not yet been hooked up to the mainframe . [1920s]
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hook up with . Form a tie or association, as in She had hooked up with the wrong crowd . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
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“This business can be lumpy and swing depending on customer grid hook-up timing, but that does not fully explain this drop-off,” William Blair’s Jed Dorsheimer told clients in a recent note.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
That's where the foundation of my Cream of Wheat hook-up came from, though I wasn't in poverty or jail at the time of its creation.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2023
She got me the whole VIP hook-up, like I could go in the rooms where nobody could go.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
Gaga and Grande lead the way in 2020, and their recent hook-up, Rain On Me, taken from the former's latest album Chromatica, is nominated in seven categories.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2020
It probably had something to do with the horror show hook-up with Faith and the intensity of Howie’s visit, but mostly it was thanks to Pastor Ted.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Those require millions and sometimes billions of dollars in collateral for companies wanting to use power to hook up data centers, meaning they “bear their fair share of costs to the system.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
By overseeing how data centers hook up to the grid, federal regulators could make it easier and faster for them to construct their own power supply, administration officials have argued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
They also are still determining how to hook up plumbing, sewage and electricity on site and are ordering books, computers, supplies and furniture, the mayor’s office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025
It normally takes the ground crew several minutes to either hook up the passenger boarding bridge or put boarding stairs in place.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024
“Why don’t you do it, then, George? Get yourself a boat and hook up a tuna?”
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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