the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.

a person who initiates and maintains such a contact or connection.

an illicit sexual relationship.

Cookery . the process of thickening sauces, soups, etc., as by the addition of eggs, cream, butter, or flour.

Phonetics . a speech-sound redistribution, occurring esp. in French, in which an otherwise silent final consonant is articulated as the initial sound of a following syllable that begins with a vowel or with a silent h, as the z- and n- sounds in Je suis un homme

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communication , connection , contact , fixer , hookup , in , interchange , interface , intermediary , link , amour , encounter , entanglement , fling , illicit romance , interlude , intrigue , romance , affair , bond , mediator , relationship