hook up

verb hooks up · hooking up · hooked up

1. transitive To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.
2. transitive To connect to something like a power supply or a signal source. The suspect was hooked up to a lie detector.
3. intransitive, slang, followed by with To form an association (with) someone. The last time Madonna was indisputably on point, she had hooked up with French producer Mirwais for Music (2000) and the sensuous possibilities of club culture.
4. slang, transitive, followed by with To connect (someone) (with) another person. One site, PearPop.com, hooks TikTok or Instagram influencers up with fans to create duetted or stitched videos that fans pay for. This can be an effective way to build followers fast.⁹ Model Leah Svoboda added 120,000 followers after a PearPop duet with megainfluencer Anna Shumate.¹⁰
5. intransitive, slang, followed by with To have a casual sexual experience with another person, usually without any future relationship intended. You work out so you can increase your chances of hooking up. That means having the kind of physique that looks good in clothes and looks even better naked.

   Similar: do it, get laid, Netflix and chill, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh

6. idiomatic, slang To supply someone with goods or services. That guy didn't get his ticket; can you hook him up for me?
7. idiomatic, slang To deal drugs; to sell contraband. Hey man, can you hook me up with some weed?
8. idiomatic, slang To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to. When you need a new car, come see me, I can hook you up with friend prices.