Definition of hook up

hook up

get a good word in for yourself to a person you're interested in dating.
Can you get me the hook-up with that girl over there?

Last edited on Jul 24 2002. Submitted by Brittney from Pine Bluff, AR, USA on Jul 24 2002.
What a hooker does.
That hooker is hooking up major john.

Last edited on Aug 09 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 09 2017.

noun

a person who provides illegal drugs.
Do you need a hookup?
- See more words with the same meaning: to deal drugs, drug dealer.
Last edited on May 10 1998. Submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998.
a connection for merchandise. Especially used for illegal merchandise.
Want beer? I've got the hook-up.
I got the hook-up on that cell phone you wanted.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Audrey M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999.
sexual activity, though typically not coitus. Usually implies more than kissing or "making out." Making out + touching breasts would qualify as a "hook up."

Citation from ""Bachelor Pad" premieres", Salon, Chris Le, Aug 9 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).
Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2010.

verb

to meet up with someone.
I hooked up with the rest of my group at his Halloween party.
- See more words with the same meaning: to meet with.
Last edited on May 10 1998. Submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998.

verb - intransitive

to engage in (usually non-committal) sexual activity, though typically not coitus. Usually implies more than kissing or "making out." Making out + touching breasts would qualify as "hooking up."
They hooked up last night after the party.


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Citation from "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 3 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).
Last edited on Nov 03 2011. Submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998.
to enter into a relationship.
How did your parents hook up?

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Last edited on Nov 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 20 2011.
to engage in casual sexual intercourse with someone.

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Last edited on Nov 17 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 17 2022.

verb - transitive

a request, when used alone.
You've got chocolate? Hook me up!
- See more words with the same meaning: requests (list of).
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
to give.
He hooked me up with some dinner.










Citation from "Pilot", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to give.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
to put a person in a favorable position.




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Citation from "Pilot", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to help.
Last edited on Jul 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 20 2011.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'business (related to)':
MAFIAA, the	Definitions include: a pejorative term for both the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), likening them to the mafia.
open the kimono	Definitions include: to share business details.
spec	Definitions include: "specification".
outfit	Definitions include: an organization.
bini	Definitions include: shortened form of "business."
bio break	Definitions include: a bathroom break.
punch in	Definitions include: to start one's work shift.
EOB	Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day.
seed money	Definitions include: money used to start a business.
small print, the	Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement.
pointy-haired boss	Definitions include: a boss who is not knowledgeable about technical matters.
go vertical	Definitions include: to take something vertical, i.e. to upper management.
SOHO	Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office".
call up to the majors	Definitions include: to offer a promotion in a job or position in life.
onboard	Definitions include: to hire a new employee or bring someone onto a team.
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Other terms relating to 'requests (list of)':
CCW	Definitions include: acronym for "constructive criticism welcome".
hit	Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated.
Other terms relating to 'sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms)':
poontang	Definitions include: female genitalia.
session	Definitions include: a period of time during which one engages sexually with another person.
booty call	Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
slice	Definitions include: a slice of paper.
hootchie cootchie	Definitions include: sex or sexual play.
dry sex	Definitions include: simulated sex, without the removal of clothes.
play	Definitions include: sexual activity.
get some	Definitions include: to engage in sexual activity.
scrump	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
hook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "hook up".
scam	Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out".
shack up	Definitions include: to hook up in a sexual manner and spend the night with someone.
jump (one's) bones	Definitions include: to engage in sexual physical contact, usually intercourse.
action	Definitions include: sexual activity.
threesome	Definitions include: a session of sex involving 3 people.
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Other terms relating to 'to deal drugs, drug dealer':
potrepreneur	Definitions include: a person whose business involves marijuana.
on deck	Definitions include: waiting.
pusher	Definitions include: one who sells illegal drugs
cooker	Definitions include: a person who makes methamphetamine.
dope peddler	Definitions include: drug dealer.
hookup	Definitions include: a person who sells you drugs.
hustle	Definitions include: to work hard and get some money.
on d3ck	Definitions include: "on deck" expressed with leet speak.
deal	Definitions include: to sell illegal drugs.
Sampson	Definitions include: person who deals drugs or is involved in the sales of illegal services.
hold	Definitions include: to have drugs.
boot	Definitions include: to vomit
dummy man	Definitions include: a person who sells fake drugs.
clock	Definitions include: to body check as in sports (hockey, American football, rugby, etc.)
mad hatter	Definitions include: someone who sells drugs and other illegal substances.
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Other terms relating to 'to give':
cruise	Definitions include: to leave.
dish out	Definitions include: to say or give.
slip	Definitions include: to decline in one's talent or skill.
kick down with	Definitions include: to give.
gimmie	Definitions include: alternate spelling of gimme.
beer	Definitions include: to give beer to.
bust	Definitions include: an event with a displeasing outcome.
bust over	Definitions include: to give to; hand over.
kick in	Definitions include: to begin taking effect.
gimme	Definitions include: a contraction for "give me".
bust out	Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up".
throw down	Definitions include: to fight.
drop	Definitions include: to take drugs, usually LSD ("acid") or Ecstasy (MDMA).
smoke out	Definitions include: to smoke marijuana.
Other terms relating to 'to help':
get	Definitions include: to leave.
give a hand	Definitions include: to applaud.
have (one's) back	Definitions include: to look out for one's interests or well-being.
chip in	Definitions include: to contribute to a group cause.
take the grenade	Definitions include: to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team".
go to bat for (one)	Definitions include: to work to help a person, cause, etc.
throw a bone	Definitions include: to help a person in a small way.
bail out	Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail.
do a solid	Definitions include: to do a solid (a favor).
Other terms relating to 'to meet with':
calendar	Definitions include: to examine schedules to determine a time when two or more people would be available to meet for some purpose.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'hook':
butt hook	Definitions include: jerk; bastard.
heezy	Definitions include: "hell".
hizzle	Definitions include: one's home, or place of living
hizzy	Definitions include: house.
hook	Definitions include: abbreviated form of "hook up".
hook a niggah up	Definitions include: a request to hook up a nigga, i.e. to give something to a person.
hooked	Definitions include: addicted.
hooking	Definitions include: understanding or knowing.
hook, line, and sinker	Definitions include: completely.
hook up with	Definitions include: See hook up.
let off the hook	Definitions include: See off the hook.
meat hooks	Definitions include: hands.
off da heezie	Definitions include: extreme; wild; awesome.
off da hook	Definitions include: alternate spelling of off the hook.
off tha hizzy	Definitions include: alternate spelling of off the hook.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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