The Free Dictionary has the following definitions: to meet up: to see and talk to someone familiar or someone you do not know: Lets meet up for drinks after work. to hook up: to meet someone and spend time together: I was traveling alone, but then I hooked up with another woman about my age.

Does hook up mean get together?

In a hookup culture, young people often have little experience with dating and developing romantic relationships. Hooking up is means for experiencing casual sexual encounters, but it is also a means for beginning relationships.

What is another word for hook up?

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What does Meetup mean?

: an informal meeting or get-together … people who frequently use their cell phones to communicate with others often do so to arrange face-to-face meetings.

Why is it called a hookup?

hookup (n.) also hook-up, connection, 1903, from verbal phrase hook up, which is attested from 1825 in reference to yarn; 1925 as establish a link with. The noun is from 1922 of radio sets, later of television broadcasts. Modern slang verbal sense of to meet for sex is attested by 2003.