hook-up

noun

1. the contact of an aircraft in flight with the refuelling hose of a tanker aircraft
2. an alliance or relationship, esp an unlikely one, between people, countries, etc
3. the linking of broadcasting equipment or stations to transmit a special programme

verb

1. to connect (two or more people or things)
2. slang.
   often foll by with to get married (to)

Example Sentences

At the close of last season, many fans wanted to know if these two would ever hook up.

From Salon

"We finally hooked up, even though it was tension conditions in the beginning," Jones said at the event.

From BBC

"He spent the next few weeks hooked up to antibiotics and fluids. His tiny veins kept collapsing from the cannulas," she said.

From BBC

Times photographer Francine Orr and I were looking for people living on the edge, and she hooked up with St. Vincent Meals on Wheels to scout out story possibilities.

From Los Angeles Times

That is the word limit in the primitive email system with which Hallam is hooked up to the rest of the world.

From Salon

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