hookup
[ hoo k-uhp ]
/ ˈhʊkˌʌp /
noun
an act or instance of hooking up.
an assembly and connection of parts, components, or apparatus into a circuit, network, machine, or system.
the circuit, network, machine, or system so formed.
a device or connection, as a plug, hose, or pipe, for conveying electricity, a water supply, etc., from a source to a user: Some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers.
Informal. an association, alliance, or cooperative effort: A closer hookup of Caribbean nations would be good for international trade.
RELATED WORDS
connection, interconnection, linkage, alliance, relationship, interrelationship, affiliation, consanguinity, similarity, kindred, relative, sibling, liaison, propinquity, link, kin, interdependence, correlation, affinity, association
Nearby words
- hooknose,
- hooks,
- hooks, benjamin lawson,
- hookswinging,
- hooktender,
- hookworm,
- hookworm disease,
- hooky,
- hooley,
- hoolie
Origin of hookup
1900–05, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase hook up
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for hookup
hookup
also hook up, "connection," 1903; modern slang verbal sense of "to meet for sex" is attested by 2003.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper