Library / English Dictionary

HOOK UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Connect or link

Example:

Hook up the components of the new sound system

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hook up" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

hookup (a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose)

hookup (a device providing a connection between a power source and a user)

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