Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system or network of electrical circuits or equipment designed to operate together.
- noun A configuration of mechanical parts or devices providing a link between a supply source and a user.
- noun A plan or schematic drawing of such a system or such a configuration.
- noun Informal A linkage or connection, often between unlikely associates or factors.
- noun Informal An act of casual sex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective For the purpose of connecting.
- noun A
connection . - noun A brief sexual relationship or encounter; a
fling . - noun A sexual partner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
- noun a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
Etymologies
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Examples
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Holman and her colleagues queried 274 college students on how they defined the term "hookup" and how often they themselves hooked up.
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Every girl was a new challenge, a short-term hookup to broaden his horizons.
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Washer hookup is $11, but there is no hookup service for the gas.
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The suburbanite with the hard-core porn hookup is masturbating to real sex, albeit at a DSL-enabled remove.
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His pitch was that the incubator should offer more than the promise of a major label hookup if the artist could get himself to the next sales level.
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His pitch was that the incubator should offer more than the promise of a major label hookup if the artist could get himself to the next sales level.
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The suburbanite with the hard-core porn hookup is masturbating to real sex, albeit at a DSL-enabled remove.
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His pitch was that the incubator should offer more than the promise of a major label hookup if the artist could get himself to the next sales level.
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The suburbanite with the hardcore porn hookup is masturbating to real sex, albeit at a DSL-enabled remove.
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His pitch was that the incubator should offer more than the promise of a major label hookup if the artist could get himself to the next sales level.
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