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hookup
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hookup has 2 senses
- hookup(n = noun.artifact) Array - a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers" is a kind of connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
- hookup(n = noun.artifact) assemblage - a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose; Array is a kind of system
Derived form verb hook up1
Derived form verb hook up1
THESAURUS
hookup
Anschluss, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, articulation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, bond, bracketing, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, circuit, clustering, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, coast-to-coast hookup, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, communication, composition, comradeship, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confederacy, confederation, confluence, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copartnership, copartnery, copulation, coupling, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusion, gathering, inclusion, incorporation, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, junta, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, meld, melding, merger, merging, net, network, package, package deal, pairing, partnership, radio links, sodality, solidification, sorority, splice, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, togetherness, unification, union, wedding, yoking
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