hookup
adjective
1. For the purpose of connecting.
- I need to buy some hookup wire.
noun
1. a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
- some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers
Definition categories: man–made, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
2. a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
Similar word(s): assemblage
Definition categories: man–made, system
Sentences with hookup as a noun:
- The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
- "The latter participant, for instance, 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."[1]
- "As a webmaster, yeah, I would have to say that the predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online."[2]