hookup

See also: hook up

English

From the verb phrase hook up.

hookup (plural hookups)

(sometimes attributive) A connection.
The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.

I need to buy some hookup wire.
(slang) A brief sexual relationship or encounter; a fling.
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.
(slang) A sexual partner.
The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.

A connection

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