hookup.
A connection.
Meaning & usage
A connection.
The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
I need to buy some hookup wire.
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.
A sexual partner.
The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.
Where this word comes from
A deverbal from hook up.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.