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• hook-up
  hook-up

  noun

  the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft
• hook up
  hook up

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

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

“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

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