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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

Hook up the bluetooth surround sound and turn up the volume.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 5, 2018

Hook up a pair of the mouse-size devices, and enjoy stereo sound.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hook up a pair with BOA technology-most companies have a BOA model these days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hook up those atomic welders, and start putting the new plates into the Falcon's tail.

From The World with a Thousand Moons by Hamilton, Edmond

"Hook up to the wagon and come to the arroyo."

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

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