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US
/ˈhʊˌkəp/
]
NOUN
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a device providing a connection between a power source and a user
some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers - a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
How To Use hookup In A Sentence
- The electrical hookups look frightening, but the luz is very good; we run through an external surge protector and if the corriente is too low or too high or polarity reversed, it is no go. Huasteca Potosina
- Not to mention what he had to pay for the DSL hookup, the monthly service fee. OFF THE CHART
- So when the world's largest private-prison company offered to employ 350 people, local officials welcomed it with tax breaks and free water and sewer hookups.
- Most of the campsites have electric hookups, and water is available throughout the campground.
- Figure 4 implies that as men get more interested in shot-term hookups, they become less agreeable. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
- Washer hookup is $11, but there is no hookup service for the gas. One Gay Under God
- A modem translates the computer's outgoing data into a form that can be transmitted through the phone hookup.
- If there is no electrical hookup, it can use the energy from a car battery, solar cell, or bicycle generator.
- Holman and her colleagues queried 274 college students on how they defined the term "hookup" and how often they themselves hooked up. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- Some 36% of American households now have fast, always-on hookups.
