- an act or instance of hooking up.
- an assembly and connection of parts, components, or apparatus into a circuit, network, machine, or system.
- the circuit, network, machine, or system so formed.
- a device or connection, as a plug, hose, or pipe, for conveying electricity, a water supply, etc., from a source to a user: Some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers.
- an association, alliance, or cooperative effort: A closer hookup of Caribbean nations would be good for international trade.
- Informal.
- a sexual encounter without a long-term commitment: I’m over these college boys who are only interested in meaningless hookups.
- a person with whom one has such an encounter: I ran into an old hookup at the club, but I pretended not to remember her.
- Slang.
- a supplier of illicit goods, usually drugs: My hookup is getting out of the game—can you introduce me to your guy?
- access to illegal drugs: When you are trying to score on the street it is easy to see who has the hookup.
- the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft
- an alliance or relationship, esp an unlikely one, between people, countries, etc
- the linking of broadcasting equipment or stations to transmit a special programme
- to connect (two or more people or things)
- to get married (to)
