Definition of hook up
hook up 
- get a good word in for yourself to a person you're interested in dating.
Can you get me the hook-up with that girl over there?
Originally submitted by Brittney from Pine Bluff, AR, USA on Jul 24 2002. (Edit this definition.)
noun
- a person who provides illegal drugs.
Do you need a hookup?
- See more words with the same meaning: to deal drugs, drug dealer.
Originally submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- a connection for merchandise. Especially used for illegal merchandise.
Want beer? I've got the hook-up.
I got the hook-up on that cell phone you wanted.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Originally submitted by Audrey M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999. (Edit this definition.)
- sexual activity, though typically not coitus. Usually implies more than kissing or "making out." Making out + touching breasts would qualify as a "hook up."
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- See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2010. (Edit this definition.)
verb
- to meet up with someone.
I hooked up with the rest of my group at his Halloween party.
- See more words with the same meaning: to meet with.
Originally submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998. (Edit this definition.)
verb - intransitive
- to engage in (usually non-committal) sexual activity, though typically not coitus. Usually implies more than kissing or "making out." Making out + touching breasts would qualify as "hooking up."
They hooked up last night after the party.
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- See more words with the same meaning: sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms).
Originally submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- to enter into a relationship.
How did your parents hook up?
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Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 20 2011. (Edit this definition.)
verb - transitive
- a request, when used alone.
You've got chocolate? Hook me up!
- See more words with the same meaning: requests (list of).
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001. (Edit this definition.)
- to give.
He hooked me up with some dinner.
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- See more words with the same meaning: to give.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001. (Edit this definition.)
- to put a person in a favorable position.
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- See more words with the same meaning: to help.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 20 2011. (Edit this definition.)
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- butt hook - A jerk or bastard. A very difficult, stupid or obnoxious person.
- hook - to kiss someone
- hook a niggah up - A ghetto form of "please give me." Usually used among good friends.
- hooked - addicted.
- hooking - Hooking is the slang word for understanding or knowing.
- hook, line, and sinker - completely.
- let off the hook - see off the hook.
- meat hooks - hands.
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- up
- ace up (one's) sleeve - a secret advantage.
- act up - to misbehave.
- AFU - acronym of "all fucked up."
- all done up - well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
- all up in - doing something emphatically.
- amped up - energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
- amp up - to increase.
- ante up - to contribute one's share.
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Slang terms with the same meaning
- business (related to)
- ABC - Definitions include: acronym for "already been chewed".
- all-nighter - Definitions include: an all-night period of awakedness to finish a task.
- bini - Definitions include: shortened form of "business."
- bio break - Definitions include: a bathroom break.
- biz - Definitions include: A Northern English expression for excrement, as in, "he is total biz."
- brainstorm - Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand.
- brand ambassador - Definitions include: in marketing, a satisfied customer who tells others about his positive experience with products of a particular brand name.
- brick-and-mortar - Definitions include: a "traditional" business with a physical presence. Contrast with dot-com.
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- sex or not-quite-sex (ambiguous terms)
- action - Definitions include: sexual activity.
- ass - Definitions include: used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness; "very", "really", "extremely".
- booty - Definitions include: not good, displeasing; SUCKS.
- booty call - Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
- cut some - Definitions include: fuck around, 2. freak some.
- dry sex - Definitions include: simulated sex, without the removal of clothes.
- fool around - Definitions include: to engage in intimate sexual activities; "mess around".
- fool around on - Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
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- to help
- bail out - Definitions include: to leave.
- chip in - Definitions include: to contribute to a group cause.
- have (one's) back - Definitions include: to look out for one's interests or well-being.
- to deal drugs, drug dealer
- ball - Definitions include: a great time.
- boot - Definitions include: very unattractive.
- deal - Definitions include: to sell illegal drugs.
- dummy man - Definitions include: N. One who sells fake drugs.
- head shop - Definitions include: a store that sells drug paraphernalia, such as bowls and bongs for marijuana smoking.
- hold - Definitions include: to have drugs.
- hookup - Definitions include: See also hook up.
- hustle - Definitions include: to deal drugs.
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- to give
- beer - Definitions include: to give beer to.
- bust - Definitions include: See also bust a cap, busted.
- bust out - Definitions include: to retrieve specifically money.
- bust over - Definitions include: to give to; hand over.
- cruise - Definitions include: to leave.
- dish out - Definitions include: to say or give.
- drop - Definitions include: a secret delivery.
- gimme - Definitions include: an easy question.
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- to meet with
- calendar - Definitions include: to examine schedules to determine a time when two or more people would be available to meet for some purpose.
- requests (list of)
- hit - Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated.
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