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hook-ups

hook-ups noun: a pair of miniature valves right next to each other on a wall, connecting through the wall to the household plumbing, used to provide water to a washing machine. (They are usually red and blue, with the red one delivering hot water and the blue one delivering cold water.).

Noun

hook-ups pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) A pair of miniature valves right next to each other on a wall, connecting through the wall to the household plumbing, used to provide water to a washing machine. (They are usually red and blue, with the red one delivering hot water and the blue one delivering cold water.)

Forms of hook-ups

alternative formwasher
alternative formhookup

Origin of hook-ups

They are said to hook up with a washing machine.

Questions about hook-ups

What does hook-ups mean?
Hook-ups means a pair of miniature valves right next to each other on a wall, connecting through the wall to the household plumbing, used to provide water to a washing machine. (They are usually red and blue, with the red one delivering hot water and the blue one delivering cold water.).
What part of speech is hook-ups?
Hook-ups is a noun.

Words near hook-ups in the dictionary

  1. hook-eared sculpins
  2. hook-nosed
  3. hook-up
  4. hook-upper
  5. hook-uppers
  6. hook-ups
  7. hooka
  8. hooka-burdar
  9. hooka-burdars
  10. hookable
  11. Hookagate

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