Dictionary

hook up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To hook something together. ▸ To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.
2. (transitive) To hook something together. ▸ To connect to something like a power supply or a signal source.
   • The suspect was hooked up to a lie detector.
   • An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
3. (followed by with, intransitive, slang) To associate or socialize with someone. ▸ To form an association (with) someone.
   • The last time Madonna was indisputably on point, she had hooked up with French producer Mirwais for Music (2000) and the sensuous possibilities of club culture. 2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian:
4. (followed by with, slang, transitive) To associate or socialize with someone. ▸ To connect (someone) (with) another person.
   • One site, PearPop.com, hooks TikTok or Instagram influencers up with fans to create duetted or stitched videos that fans pay for. This can be an effective way to build followers fast.⁹ Model Leah Svoboda added 120,000 followers after a PearPop duet with megainfluencer Anna Shumate.¹⁰ 2022, Brian Boxer Wachler, Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, pages 186–187:
5. (followed by with, intransitive, slang) To associate or socialize with someone. ▸ To have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended.
   • You work out so you can increase your chances of hooking up. That means having the kind of physique that looks good in clothes and looks even better naked. 2008, Nate Green, Built for Show, page 3:
   • Mr. Woo said a Grindr survey of its users found that two-thirds of them were using the application to find new friends, to network or to kill time, as well as to hook up. 2013 March 10, Jenna Wortham, “How Grindr Is Changing the Way We Connect”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2023:
6. (idiomatic, slang) To sell or supply something. ▸ To supply someone with goods or services.
   • That guy didn't get his ticket; can you hook him up for me?
7. (idiomatic, slang) To sell or supply something. ▸ To deal drugs; to sell contraband.
   • He's been hooking me up for years.
   • Hey man, can you hook me up with some weed?
8. (idiomatic, slang) To sell or supply something. ▸ To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.
   • When you need a new car, come see me, I can hook you up with friend prices.

Forms

Coordinates

set up · set up · set up

Deriveds

hook up on · hook it up · hook-up · hookup

Synonyms

fuck · have sex · get one's leg over · get some · make it · get down · root · make the beast with two backs · get one's dick wet · approach · copulate · tumble · knock boots · engage in sex · hide the wienie · eff · get lucky · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · frig · company · Netflix and chill · get laid · hide the salami · sleep together · bounce · have it away · get one's freak on · get freaky · roll around · rock and roll · roger · engender · dance · get physical · boink · get it · have sex · bauf · Netflix and chill · strain · have it off · lay pipe · do it · crack · jig-jig · get one's end away · go all the way · frak · graft the forked tree · pipe · get one's groove on · know · hide the sausage · intercourse · couple · bone · hike the Appalachian Trail · pipe down · frick · mate · stick · shag · bump nasties · pound · penetrate · cohabit · ming · clap cheeks · screw · make out · frack · hook up · discuss Uganda · expletive deleted · exchange flesh · meddle · share a bed · bop · have sexual relations · boff · haul one's ashes · common · beat · shelve · slap bellies · do the deed · get laid · get busy · bump uglies · show someone one's etchings · do it · catch a dick · have marital relations · play · ride · rail · bang · bonk · make love · know someone in the biblical sense · get jiggy · breed · get it on · shaboink · lay the pipe · play hide the sausage · have intimate relations · get the dirty water off one's chest · get one's oats · sex · make whoopee · do the nasty · hump · see someone's etchings

Translations (46)

tr bağlamak (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · fi liittää (to connect to something) · it fare sesso occasionale (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · pl podłączać (to connect to something) · pl puścić się (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · fi kytkeä (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · zza pê tewr kerden (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · pl podłączyć (to connect to something) · zza gırêdayen (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · de liieren (to form an association (with) someone) · fi liittää (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · da møde (to form an association (with) someone) · de verkabeln (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · pl puszczać się (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · da tilslutte (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · da træffe (to form an association (with) someone) · tr ilişki kurmak (to form an association (with) someone) · da tilslutte (to connect to something) · fi lyöttäytyä yhteen (to form an association (with) someone) · fi kytkeä (to connect to something) · de verbinden (to connect to something) · fr choper (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · da forbinde (to connect to something) · tr birleştirmek (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · uk підключи́ти (to connect to something) · da forbinde (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · uk підключа́ти (to connect to something) · es coger (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · pt ficar (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · pt conectar (to connect to something) · ms memasang (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · mk приклучува (to connect to something) · da slutte til (to connect to something) · nl aansluiten (to connect to something) · mk закачува (to connect to something) · tr takmak (to connect to something) · da slutte til (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · es follar (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · de ankoppeln (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · fr papillonner (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · ja 接続 (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · fi johdottaa (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · de anschließen (to connect to something) · es pillar cacho (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended) · mk закачува (to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires) · fi saada (to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended)