English

Noun

hookup ‎(plural hookups)

1. (sometimes attributive) A connection.

   The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.

   I need to buy some hookup wire.

2. (slang) A brief sexual relationship or encounter; a fling.

   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.

3. (slang) A sexual partner

   As a webmaster, yeah, I would have to say that the predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.

Synonyms

• (brief sexual relations): fling

Related terms

• the verb hook up