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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

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We’ll get to Bieber’s convivial 2017 hook-up with DJ Khaled and friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

“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

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

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

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

The operation would save time by cutting out the need for a driver to hook up a vehicle to a charging port and would also offer flexibility for charging times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2024

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

But if they do, must they always hook up with another place in our universe?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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