hookup

noun

HUUK-up/ˈhʊkʌp/

3 meanings of hookup

1
nounslangcountable
A short sexual relationship, or a single time when two people have sex.
She told her friends she was tired of hookups and wanted a real relationship.
It was just a hookup, and they never saw each other again.
Similarfling
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2
nouncountablebefore a noun
A connection, like the pipe or wire that joins something to water or power.
The campground has a water and power hookup at every site.
We paid a hookup fee when the cable company came to the house.
Similarconnection, link
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3
nounslangcountable
A person that someone has sex with.
He left early to meet his hookup at a bar downtown.
She didn't want to call him her boyfriend, because to her he was just a hookup.
Similarlover, bedmate
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Origin

It comes from the verb hook up.