- hookup
- hookup (n.) also hook up, “connection,” 1903; modern slang verbal sense of “to meet for sex” is attested by 2003.
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hookup — hook‧up [ˈhʊkʌp] noun [countable] 1. COMPUTING a connection to a computer or telephone system, to the Internet etc: • I work from home via a computer hookup. • an office complete with fax, cellular phones and satellite hookup 2 … Financial and business terms
hookup — ☆ hookup [hook′up΄ ] n. [ HOOK + UP1] 1. the arrangement and connection of parts, circuits, etc. in a radio, telephone system, network of radio stations, etc. 2. a connection, as for water or electricity, in a trailer park or campsite 3. Informal … English World dictionary
hookup — [ hʊkʌp] (D; intr.) to hookup with ( to join ) (D; tr.) to hookup to (to hookup a telephone up to the cable) … Combinatory dictionary
hookup — 1. adjective For the purpose of connecting. I need to buy some hookup wire. 2. noun a) A connection. The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup. b) A brief sexual relationship or encounter; a … Wiktionary
hookup — {n.} A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. * /Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hookup — {n.} A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. * /Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hookup — /hook up /, n. 1. an act or instance of hooking up. 2. an assembly and connection of parts, components, or apparatus into a circuit, network, machine, or system. 3. the circuit, network, machine, or system so formed. 4. a device or connection, as … Universalium
hookup — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, articulation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cahoots,… … Moby Thesaurus
hookup — noun A connection, electrical or otherwise, between two instruments or two individuals. Edwin and Hermione are a perfect couple; they have got the right hookup … Словарь американских идиом
hookup — noun Date: 1903 1. a state of cooperation or alliance 2. an assemblage (as of circuits) used for a specific purpose (as radio transmission); also the plan of such an assemblage 3. an arrangement of mechanical parts; also connection < a campsite… … New Collegiate Dictionary
