hookup
- noun
- /ˈhʊkʌp/
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- Many college students prefer a casual hookup instead of entering a serious relationship.
- hookup culture
- casual hookup
- random hookup
Let's create an app that's not for dating, not for hookups, but for friends.
- Let's create an app that's not for dating, not for hookups, but for friends.
- So you've seen how college hookup culture goes.
- Is it for a hookup or is it for like marriage?
- Because let's be honest, sometimes these dating apps can be just for hookups if you're travelling, right?
- Listen, this dating world is full of hookups and flings, one night stands and things like that.
- How is or why is it the case that sex and dating are down if hookup culture is so prominent?
- Now it's morphed into, yes, there's Tinder where I'm told you just go for just a hookup.
- But but the idea that there would be these these male, male connections and and they're all sort of hookups.
- Tinder is the number one dating app and there's many and many of people that have found love on here and hookups too.
- I wonder, though, do you get like, is Raya more like you're more looking for a relationship or just a hookup?
- On like the hookup apps, it's like in the, or the gay hookup apps, it's like, it's like age, height, interest, cut or uncut.
- And two, when when meeting new partners, having hookups and stuff like that, just try to have a trauma informed conversation about their past.
- Hi Maxine George, as cuffing season is upon us, I was wondering if you had any advice how to overcome my fear of dating and hookups?
- But there's this moment where, you know, Brian's girlfriend, not really a girlfriend, just sort of a hookup is really how I would describe it.
- My last hookup was Let me see sometime in January and that's the only information you will be receiving from me.
Examples
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So you've seen how college hookup culture goes.
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Is it for a hookup or is it for like marriage?
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In the hookup world, there are two types of lies.
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I wonder how far guys would go to get a date or a hookup.
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Thanks for the hookup, Amber.
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Women deep down all really want the same thing: to replace the hookup culture with a dating culture.
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This is L.A.'s number-one gay hookup scene.
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There is nothing wrong with preferring relationships over hookups, and there is no problem with enjoying yourself.
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Listen, this dating world is full of hookups and flings, one night stands and things like that.
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Romance flourishes in the summer, even away from the hookup-saturated parties we frequent during the school year.
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Synonyms
A short time of fun or a brief romantic relationship
A sexual encounter that happens for only one night and does not continue
To have sex with someone
A person you have sex with once without a relationship
A short romantic or sexual relationship that does not last long
A short romantic or sexual meeting that lasts part of one night without starting a relationship
Antonyms
Compounds
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A short connection used for a limited time while waiting for a permanent one
How Committed
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hookup also means a short romantic or sexual meeting, and this meaning comes from the same idea of to hook up — 'connecting' people quickly. That's why a hookup often means a brief meeting with no promise to continue.