hook-up

A form of hookup — A connection.

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Meanings

nounhook-up (plural hook-ups)

plural hook-ups

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hookup.

    They are certainly not the only couple on the Ballroom team, where “clubcest” is the norm-at one point a GUBDT hook-up chart was proposed, but according to the team there wasn’t enough paper.

    2009 February 12, Matthew Collins, “Dance Dance Revolution: Georgetown’s Ballroom Dancing Team”, in The Georgetown Voice, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2012
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    The unfortunate thing about calling the season seven finale “The Dragon And The Wolf” is you can’t even reference it by name without picturing Daenerys Targaryen’s long-awaited hook-up with Jon Snow, her strapping hunk of an ally and also her nephew.

    2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2017

Origin

Deverbal from hook up.

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APA

hook-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hook-up

MLA

“hook-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hook-up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hook-up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hook-up.

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