hookup

hook·up

H0270100 (ho͝ok′ŭp′)n.1. A system or network of electrical circuits or equipment designed to operate together.2. a. A configuration of mechanical parts or devices providing a link between a supply source and a user: a gas hookup for a mobile home.b. A plan or schematic drawing of such a system or such a configuration.3. Informal A linkage or connection, often between unlikely associates or factors.4. Informal a. An act of casual sex.b. A partner in an act of casual sex.

hook•up

(ˈhʊkˌʌp)

n. 1. an act or instance of hooking up. 2. an assembly and connection of parts or apparatus into a circuit, network, machine, or system. 3. the circuit, network, machine, or system so formed. 4. a device or connection, as a plug, hose, or pipe, for conveying electricity, water, etc., from a source to a user. 5. Informal. an association, alliance, or cooperative effort. [1900–05, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hookup - a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
	2.	hookup - a system of components assembled together for a particular purposeassemblagesystem - instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"

hookup

nounInformal. A logical or natural association between two or more things:connection, correlation, interconnection, interdependence, interrelationship, link, linkage, relation, relationship, tie-in.