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"hookups" has 2 syllables: hook-ups. It rhymes with cups and lineups, if that helps it stick.
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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"Hookups" has 2 syllables: hook · ups.
Hookups: (sometimes attributive) A connection.
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