noun
hookup
HUU-kuhp
noun
1
A connection between devices, systems, or people.
"The technician checked the hookup between the speakers and the amplifier."
2
Informal: a casual sexual encounter or relationship.
"They met at a party and it turned into a brief hookup."
How to Use Hookup
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA physical or electrical connection — or, casually, a short-term romantic/sexual encounter.
When to use it
The romantic sense is informal slang.
Word Forms
hookups plural
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Etymology
Formed as a noun from the phrasal verb "hook up."