Meaning

3 senses
  1. (attributive, sometimes)A connection.

    The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.

    I need to buy some hookup wire.

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  2. (slang)A brief sexual relationship or encounter.

    He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.

  3. (slang)A sexual partner.

    The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.

More definitions
  • a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
  • a device providing a connection between a power source and a user

Examples

6 sentences
  1. He's looking for a quick hookup.

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  2. Her heart has been hardening all throughout her string of bad hookups.

    ruВ череде дурных любовных связей её сердце всё больше ожесточалось.

    deIhr Herz verhärtete sich durch eine Reihe schlechter Ficks.

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  3. Pornography encourages hookup culture.

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  4. It was just a hookup.

    deDas war nur ein Abenteuer.

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  5. Ziri didn't date Rima. She was just a hookup.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
connection:

Origin

A deverbal from hook up.

A deverbal from hook up.

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Forms

plural: hookups
Singularhookup
Pluralhookups

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose:assemblage

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhook up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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