hook up
Wire things together
Hook up has several related senses involving connection.
The oldest means to attach or link: hook up the trailer to the truck.
It extends to setting up equipment: hook up the speakers, hook up to the internet.
To hook someone up is to provide them with something: Can you hook me up with tickets?
The most common contemporary sense is casual sexual encounter: They hooked up after the party.
A hookup is such an encounter, or the person involved.
Uncommitted physical intimacy
- one-night standCasual sexual encounter
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- booty callLate-night liaison request
- friends with benefitsPlatonic bond plus sex
dating app · nightclub · party · no strings attached · spontaneous · encounter · attraction · chemistry
Make formally known
- connectJoin or link
- matchmakeArrange romantic introductions
- referDirect to another source
- recommendSuggest with approval
facilitate · arrange · network · favor · contact · opportunity · insider · plug in
Installed electrical conductors
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- outletPoint of release
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- plugSomething that blocks openings
socket · adapter · extension cord · surge protector · junction box · breaker · fuse · generator
fasten
Fix securely in position
couple · hitch · rig · wire · plug in · clip · clamp · latch · anchor · join
casual sex
Uncommitted physical intimacy
- one-night standCasual sexual encounter
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- booty callLate-night liaison request
friends with benefits · dating app · nightclub · party · no strings attached · spontaneous · encounter · attraction · chemistry · flirtation
introduce
Make formally known
recommend · facilitate · arrange · network · favor · contact · opportunity · insider · plug in · vouch for
wiring
Installed electrical conductors
plug · socket · adapter · extension cord · surge protector · junction box · breaker · fuse · generator · appliance
router
Packet-forwarding network device
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- ethernetWired networking standard
- internetInterconnected computer systems
server · broadband · ISP · hotspot · LAN · cable · fiber optic · wireless · bandwidth · data transfer
- joiningjoin, attach, fasten, connect, bind
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- equipment actionsinstall, connect, disconnect, mount, attach
- partyingparty animal, socializing, bachelor party, mingling, bachelorette
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
hook upcommit
Bind to a course
marry · settle down · go steady · court · fall in love
hook upbreak up
End a relationship
split up · part ways · say goodbye · go separate ways · drift apart