hook up

English

Verb

hook up (third-person singular simple present hooks up, present participle hooking up, simple past and past participle hooked up)

1. (transitive) to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.
2. (transitive) to connect to a power supply or a signal source.
3. (intransitive, slang, used with "with") to form an association (with) someone.
4. (intransitive, slang, used with "with") to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended.
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Translations

to assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires

• Finnish: kytkeä (fi), liittää (fi)
• German: verkabeln (de), ankoppeln (de)
• Japanese: 接続 (ja) (setsuzoku)

• Macedonian: закачува (mk) (zakáčuva)
• Malay: memasang (ms)
• Turkish: birleştirmek (tr), bağlamak (tr)

to connect a device to a power supply

• Dutch: aansluiten (nl)
• Finnish: kytkeä virtalähteeseen
• German: anschließen (de), verbinden (de)

• Macedonian: закачува (mk) (zakáčuva), приклучува (mk) (priklúčuva)
• Turkish: takmak (tr)

to form an association (with) someone

• Finnish: lyöttäytyä yhteen (fi)
• German: (colloquial) liieren (de)

• Turkish: ilişki kurmak (tr)

to have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended

• French: papillonner (fr), choper (fr)

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• Romanian: a pune in functie, a ansambla, a conecta

See also

• hook someone up