as in partnership
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the drama club's hookup with a local acting company provided several aspiring young actors with experience doing summer theater
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as in to travel
to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hookup
Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
Like Frank, Rick is obsessed with desire, but his ultimate goal is to commit bloody murder, rather than indulge in a series of increasingly elaborate hookups.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
On my social feed, there had been widespread fan enthusiasm for the prospect of the brothers hooking up.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Also missing were the trailer’s sewage and water hookups, propane tanks and hot water heater from the trailer.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
Like Frank, Rick is obsessed with desire, but his ultimate goal is to commit bloody murder, rather than indulge in a series of increasingly elaborate hookups.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
As for their new friends, Seema has worn some outfits and is hooking up with a diva director, LTW just had a miscarriage, and Nya is also getting a divorce.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
On my social feed, there had been widespread fan enthusiasm for the prospect of the brothers hooking up.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookup
Noun
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At one point, this could have been a partnership.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Those goals included developing Sawmill Station Apartments, establishing a new water supply partnership and building a new commuter train station.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Yet, as so often happens in the sport, Estrada did not travel a straight line to big-league prosperity.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The other travels out of Florida twice a year with her U.S.-born child who has a disability.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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These are the same individuals, former long-term girlfriends, who were involved in consensual relationships.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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But tensions developed in their relationship, especially when people from Teotihuacán started to move into the area around Tikal.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For the better half of the past decade, the 32-year-old Newburyport, Mass., native has been most closely associated with his role as the world's best babysitter, Steve Harrington, on Netflix's Stranger Things, a character who works at Family Video by day and fights demogorgons by night.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Similar to the way Mercury retrograde is often to blame for miscommunication and misunderstandings, Venus retrograde is associated with beauty, love and self-worth.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The court’s order involved a technical legal assessment of the right, or standing, of several nonprofit associations to sue over the firings.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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This includes more robust small business impact assessments, expanded export training and support, and greater engagement with industry associations that represent smaller firms.—
Natalie Madeira Cofield,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Drivers including Ken Miles, Michael Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Bob Bondurant, and Carroll Shelby have also run the course.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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Regardless of whether it is run by M+ or the HKMOA, transparency is important to both the art community and taxpayers.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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What’s been great is that this show connected so quickly.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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One of the male suspects connected to the hit-and-run was detained and subsequently released by the California Highway Patrol but other two suspects were not located.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Alongside pictures of her sister kissing her cheek and Traci's son Kevin Surratt Jr. kissing her urn, Towanda, 51, reflected on the special connection the two shared.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Think of Central Perk from the TV show Friends — the coffee shop where the characters gathered daily, not just for coffee but for connection, comfort and a break from their everyday lives.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Hookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookup. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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