hookup
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈhʊkˌʌp/
- US
:
conexión
- Each apartment includes a hookup for a washer and dryer in the laundry area.
How frustrated do you get when you can't get a good Internet hookup?
- How frustrated do you get when you can't get a good Internet hookup?
- So in my apartment houses, we would buy apartment houses that had washer and dryer hookups but no machines.
Examples
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Furthermore, the image can be projected in normal room light, and the hookup is quite simple.
Academic text (1996) -
WAR ROOM - LATER: C.J. is on a phone hookup to CNN.
Fiction book (1993) -
Time required for installation and network hookup is approximately one day.
Academic text (1996) -
I need a circuit hookup.
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I'll have a satellite telephone hookup in two seconds.
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If the device depends upon an external power supply or other hookup, will such hookup be available in other locations?
Academic text (1990) -
The system has I/O features for data acquisition and hookup to PCs.
Academic text (1995) -
It's a nationwide hookup.
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It also has a nice array of hookups, so you can do Wi-Fi, you can do Bluetooth, you can also do Ethernet, which I was shocked that they would include that.
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Combined sewer overflows were reduced, and illegal hookups of sanitary sewers to storm drains were disconnected.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
60
3.3
A part that joins parts so power, signals, or water can pass
Antonyms
Compounds
- NSFW
A short connection used for a limited time while waiting for a permanent one
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hookup comes from the simple phrase hook + up — hook is a tool that catches things and up suggests bringing parts together. That's why a hookup is a connection that lets you 'plug in' electricity, water, or other services.