Hooking up is used to describe a sexual encounter (vaginal, anal, or oral sex) between two people who are not in a dating or serious relationship and do not expect anything further, their study says. Theres more risk than having sex when its planned.

What does it mean if someone wants to hookup?

In the most basic sense, hooking up with someone means that youre sexually intimate with him or her, yet this intimacy can range from kissing all the way to intercourse.