1. A device providing a connection between a power source and a user
   "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"
    
2. A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
   "The complex hookup of wires and circuits confused the novice electrician";
   - assemblage
    
3. An arrangement to meet someone for a particular purpose
   "Let's make a hookup for coffee next week";
   - hook-up [informal]
    
4. A casual sexual encounter or relationship
   "They met at the party and had a hookup";
   - hook-up [informal]

1. Connect or link
   "Hook up the components of the new sound system"; "hook up the houses to the gas supply line"
    
2. [informal] (hook up with) meet up or form an association with someone
   "I hooked up with a friend and went into town";
   - hook up with [informal]
    
3. [informal] Have a sexual encounter with someone
   "they hooked up at the party";
   - hook up with [informal], get off [Brit, informal], cop off [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: hook-ups, hookups, hooked up, hooks up, hooking up

See also: hook

Type of: attach, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion [Brit], system

Encyclopedia: Hookup