Usually means: Casual sexual encounter, no commitment.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word hook up:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. hook up: Merriam-Webster
  2. hook up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hook-up, hook-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hook up: Vocabulary.com
  5. Hook-Up, Hook-up, hook-up: Wordnik
  6. hook-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hook-up, hook up: Wiktionary
  8. hook up: Dictionary.com
  9. Hook-up, Hook-up (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. hook up: Rhymezone
  11. hook up: FreeDictionary.org
  12. hook up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. hook-up, hook up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. hook up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hook up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hook-up, hook up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hook up: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. hook up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hook-up, hook -up, the hook up: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See hook_ups as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hook up)

verb:  To hook something together.
verb:  (transitive) To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.
verb:  (transitive) To connect to something like a power supply or a signal source.
verb:  To associate or socialize with someone.
verb:  (intransitive, slang, followed by with) To form an association (with) someone.
verb:  (transitive, slang, followed by with) To connect (someone) (with) another person.
verb:  (intransitive, slang, followed by with) To have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended.
verb:  To sell or supply something.
verb:  (idiomatic, slang) To supply someone with goods or services.
verb:  (idiomatic, slang) To deal drugs; to sell contraband.
verb:  (idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.

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