hook-up

British  

noun

1. the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft

2. an alliance or relationship, esp an unlikely one, between people, countries, etc

3. the linking of broadcasting equipment or stations to transmit a special programme

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verb

1. to connect (two or more people or things)

2. slang (often foll by with) to get married (to)

hook up Idioms  

1. Assemble or wire a mechanism, as in Dick helped us hook up the stereo system . [1920s]

2. Connect a mechanism with a main source, as in The computer had not yet been hooked up to the mainframe . [1920s]

3. hook up with . Form a tie or association, as in She had hooked up with the wrong crowd . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

There's your Cream of Wheat hook-up — it's sweet, it's savory, it's delicious.

From Salon

I feel like my gourmet Cream of Wheat hook-up should force the producers from FX's "The Bear" to cast me in season 3 as L-Boy's cousin, a rough-around-the-edges, self-taught culinary genius with the skillset to take Sydney and Carmy to the next level.

From Salon

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

She got me the whole VIP hook-up, like I could go in the rooms where nobody could go.

From New York Times

But wary of the backlash they might receive for Sarah’s ill-fated hook-up with Topper and betrayal of John B., the writers decided to get Cline to do voiceovers in the seventh and eighth episodes, in an attempt to quickly “excavate” her character’s psychology at that point in the story.

From Los Angeles Times

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