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hookup

hookup

20 8.2
A casual sexual or romantic meeting with no long-term commitment
  • noun
  • /ˈhʊkʌp/
  • NSFW
translation icon : encuentro sexual ocasional
  • 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.

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Examples

  • So you've seen how college hookup culture goes.

  • Is it for a hookup or is it for like marriage?

  • In the hookup world, there are two types of lies.

  • I wonder how far guys would go to get a date or a hookup.

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  • Thanks for the hookup, Amber.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Romance flourishes in the summer, even away from the hookup-saturated parties we frequent during the school year.

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Synonyms

fling
vshookup
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57 4.6

A short time of fun or a brief romantic relationship

focuses on casual encounters specifically rather than general wild periods
one-night stand
vshookup
  • NSFW
36 6.3

A sexual encounter that happens for only one night and does not continue

is broader covering casual encounters beyond a single night
screwing
vshookup
  • Offensive
9 9.9

To have sex with someone

is about casual encounters often including romance not just the act
jump-off
vshookup
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1 9.9

A person you have sex with once without a relationship

refers to an encounter between people rather than naming a partner
brief fling
vshookup
  • NSFW
1 5.5

A short romantic or sexual relationship that does not last long

is usually a single casual encounter rather than a short relationship
half-night stand
vshookup
  • NSFW
9.6

A short romantic or sexual meeting that lasts part of one night without starting a relationship

is not limited to encounters that last only part of a night

Antonyms

1.8

A close emotional or romantic connection between two people

178 3.2

A promise to do something that creates a legal or financial duty

Compounds

6.1

A short connection used for a limited time while waiting for a permanent one

How Committed

marriage
1.0
relationship
1.8
dating
357 1.6
hookup
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20 8.2
one-night stand
  • NSFW
36 6.3

Surface Forms

hookup singular
hookups plural

Morphology

hookup = hook + up (semi-transparent) = hook + up

Nominalization of the phrasal verb 'hook up' with a meaning extension to a casual sexual encounter; derivation is clear if the phrasal verb sense is known but not from 'hook'+'up' alone.

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.