hookup

  • (noun): (sometimes attributive) A connection.
  • (noun): A brief sexual relationship or encounter.
  • (noun): A sexual partner.
  • I need to buy some hookup wire.
  • He met his two most recent partners at bars, and expressed strong ambivalence and dislike of meeting partners online, but reported half a dozen additional hookups with partners met online.
  • The predominant way of finding a hookup or sexual partner would be going online.