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How to use hookup in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Hookup means a connection. Example: “The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.”

Examples of hookup by meaning

nounA connection.

  • The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.
  • I need to buy some hookup wire.

nounA brief sexual relationship or encounter.

  • He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.

nounA sexual partner.

  • The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.
  • “I joke that the wheel was invented by a gay man so he could get to his hookup faster.”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
  • I bought more bungee cords and made my way to my hookup’s house via slower, more manageable back roads.2015, Tyler Oakley, Binge, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

More sentences with hookup

  • Speaking of love, were there any hookups on RuPaul's Drag Race?2010 February, Michael Steck, “Michael vs Pandora: Round 1”, in The Empty Closet, number 431, page 1. From the entry kai kai
  • This will be easier when E-Com hookups become prevalent; for now, keep licking stamps and mailing to the media.1983 November 2, Ian, “Re: Hackers victim of Newspeak (HUMAN-NETS Digest V6 #64)”, in fa.human-nets (Usenet), retrieved 15 Dec 2016…. From the entry hackerdom
  • For five years, spanning a few hookups and many breakups, there was no answer – until the show made up its mind for the 'Jaters.'2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 240. From the entry Jater
  • In this age of cyberselves, with hookups just a Craigslist ad away, the game has evolved to the point of no rules.2008 June 8, Joel Walkowski, “Let’s Not Get to Know Each Other Better”, in New York Times. From the entry cyberself
  • Directions are given for building two kinds of "glompers." А glomper is designed to simplify the hookup between your Apple and a television set.1983 August, Timothy Daniel, “Enhancing Your Apple II, Vol. 1”, in Incider, volume 1, number 8, page 157, column 2. From the entry glomper
  • You may think the frat flick is a form of flirting, but don't fall for it and abandon your friend at a party for the sake of a hookup.2024 October 3, Kiva Bank, “WKND horoscopes: Libra season”, in Yale Daily News, New Haven, C.N.: Yale Daily News Publishing Co., →ISSN…. From the entry frat flick

Meaning of hookup

  1. noun A connection.
  2. noun A brief sexual relationship or encounter.
  3. noun A sexual partner.

Full definition of hookup

Questions about hookup in a sentence

How do you use hookup in a sentence?
Hookup is used as a noun. For example: “The plumber came to fix the sewer hookup.”
What is a short sentence with hookup?
“I need to buy some hookup wire.”
What does hookup mean?
Hookup means a connection.

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