hookup
noun
an act or instance of hooking up.
hookups
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pluralof hookup.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That reflects higher capital expenditures: The company has been accelerating its spending on fiber optics, which deliver high-speed internet hookups to U.S. households.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
To speed things up, the U.K. recently scrapped its first-come, first-served system for grid hookups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Most people alive today carry traces of genes inherited from Neanderthals—the enduring legacy of prehistoric hookups with our extinct cousins.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
Then she starts tearing off the hookups to her senses.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
