Hookup

Adjective

 * 1) For the purpose of connecting.
 * I need to buy some hookup wire.

Noun

 * 1) A connection.
 * The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
 * 1) 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."
 * 1) 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."

Related terms

 * the verb hook up

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