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"hookup" has 2 syllables: hook-up.
noun
“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.”
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"Hookup" has 2 syllables: hook · up.
Hookup: (sometimes attributive) A connection.
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