hooked up

verb

past tense of hook up
as in associated
to come or be together as friends former classmates who hooked up and started a business together

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Recent Examples of hooked up Crews could be seen removing the bus's windshield as it was being hooked up to a tow truck. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Ben Harris hooked up with Corey Turner II for a 44-yard TD pass play that put the Hornets up 20-9. — Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 As the Bengals were rolling in the middle of the game, Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase hooked up for a big touchdown. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Dueling with ubiquitous cameras — possibly hooked up to soulless AI bots one day — doesn’t sound like nearly as much fun. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Stanton hooked up with a grad student named Moira, a Slovenian with dark hair and novel takes on both Internal Energy Market rules and plein-air coitus. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026 Over two days, my dad sat in the bare clinic for hours hooked up to an IV. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 DeStefano had hooked up a new piece of gear to his digital audio workstation, and the program downloaded a driver that clashed with Ableton, a ProTools-like music creation platform. — Tom Roland, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026 In the rat, sensors worn on the front paws reported to a wearable hub, and the actuator was a stimulator hooked up to the sciatic nerve in the hind leg. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooked up
  1. associated
  2. traveled
  3. connected
  4. mixed
  5. bonded
  6. joined
  7. ran
  8. related
Verb
  • Lubelo has also persuaded several friends to join the school, becoming something of an ambassador in a community where magic is often frowned upon and associated with witchcraft.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Also protect the email account associated with your Social Security profile because criminals may target it to reset other passwords.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of associated
Verb
  • As the Chiefs traveled to Sao Paolo, Brazil, for their season opener in 2025, their former first-round pick could hardly leave his couch.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Sultan of Oman was met in London by Prince William on Tuesday morning before the pair travelled together to Windsor, where the majority of the royal engagements took place.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of traveled
Verb
  • The dish machine was not running properly and the chemical sanitizer/soap dispensers have not been connected yet.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In August, Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Police recovered 123 boxes of McLaren F1 Lego sets valued at about $230 each connected to a boxcar burglary, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of connected
Verb
  • Alaska’s core constituency is composed of Natives, fishermen, rural legislators, and unions, with some chamber-of-commerce types mixed in.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • According to López-Alt, Shimbo, and Sakai, the best substitute for mirin is sake mixed with a sweetener.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of mixed
Verb
  • The bodies start to stack up, and the duo is bonded by trauma in some weird ways.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than being stitched together, costumes are often heat bonded, with the plastic melted at the edges to join pieces.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of bonded
Verb
  • Current goalkeeper Lorena joined Chawinga on the Ballon d’Or list, placing 28th on this year’s rankings.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • More than 20% of Israel's population is Arab, but Arab parties have rarely joined governing coalitions.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of joined
Verb
  • Hyperscalers will spend $800 billion this year on chips, data centers, and the power to run them, propping up GDP growth.
    — Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the racetrack, the horses ran, and Crawford hosted members at the Ruidoso Jockey Club, where private tables cost as much as six figures.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran
Verb
  • According to a preliminary investigation, the fight was likely gang related.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Falls are the leading cause of injury and injury-related death in this age group, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of related

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“Hooked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooked%20up. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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