hook-up

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Courtship, especially of short duration
A hook-up is a connection between two places, systems, or pieces of equipment. Water and electric hook-ups are available and facilities are good. a temporary connection between two pieces of equipment such as computers, or between a piece of equipment and an electricity or water supply
With "with", to form an association (with) someone
to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires
With "with", to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended
to connect to a power supply or a signal source
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A connection

The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.

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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..

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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..

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When someone hooks up a computer or other electronic machine, they connect it to other similar machines or to a central power supply. technicians who hook up computer systems and networks He brought it down, hooked it up, and we got the generator going. if the machine is hooked up to an apartment's central wiring system
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connection to a central system; connect to a central system
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see hook 7
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connect or link; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"; "Hook up the components of the new sound system
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For the purpose of connecting
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a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
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{i} system having a number of parts designed to work together; connection, association, partnership; radio or television network
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a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers
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a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"
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