HOOKUP
Dictionary entry overview: What does hookup mean? • HOOKUP (noun)
The noun HOOKUP has 2 senses:
1. a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
2. a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
Familiarity information: HOOKUP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOOKUP (noun)
Meaning:
A device providing a connection between a power source and a user
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers
Hypernyms ("hookup" is a kind of...):
connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)
Meaning:
A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
assemblage; hookup
Hypernyms ("hookup" is a kind of...):
system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)
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