hangover
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: American English; hang + over. First sense was first attested in 1904. Second sense was first attested in 1894.
Base: hang
Inflected forms:
form: hangovers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hang-over
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
pos: noun
examples: I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.
gloss: Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
pos: noun
examples: Don't go overboard and find yourself with a sugar hangover that lasts for days and makes your diet days that much harder.
So today I walk into Dr. Singer's office with a heroin hangover, a headache like hell, vomiting, shaking, jonesing. I cannot bear to admit to her that it's come to this. I've been doing so well. But I missed therapy the whole time I was locked up […]
On the other hand, I was already drunk, and wasn't a heroin hangover preferable to the alcohol kind any day of the week?
We're left with our unmet needs and a sugar high that will quickly turn into a sugar hangover. So the craving rises again, calling out to us “Feed me!” and again we take the easy route and stuff it back down with food.
You know nothing about despair until you have experienced a coffee hangover. This is where you lose the run of yourself and have two double espressos in a row. Ten minutes later you have a weird feeling you are going to puke out through your toes.
gloss: An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The one hangover from high school that colored part of my college career was the social requirement of having a boyfriend.
While they deny the logic of history and geography, neither Gibraltar nor the Falklands will ever be truly "safe". One day these hangovers will somehow merge into their hinterlands and cease to be grit in the shoe of international relations. This day will be hastened if world governments take action to end tax havens.
gloss: A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: At the Twopenny Hangover, the lodgers sit in a row on a bench; there is a rope in front of them, and they lean on this as though leaning over a fence. A man, humorously called the valet, cuts the rope at five in the morning.
Related words: hungover
Derived words: antihangover
drunkover
hangoverish
hangoverless
hangoverlike
hangxiety
social hangover
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: агәы́хәашьра
roman: agʷə́xʷašra
lang: Afrikaans
word: babbelas
lang: Arabic
word: خُمَار
roman: ḵumār
lang: Arabic
word: خُمَار اَلسُّكْر
roman: ḵumār as-sukr
lang: Arabic
word: صُدَاع الخَمْر
roman: ṣudāʕ al-ḵamr
lang: Armenian
word: խումար
roman: xumar
lang: Avar
word: мехти
roman: mexti
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xumarlıq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: paxmel
lang: Basque
word: mozkorrondo
lang: Belarusian
word: пахмелле
roman: paxmjellje
lang: Bulgarian
word: махмурлук
roman: mahmurluk
lang: Catalan
word: ressaca
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 宿醉
roman: sùzuì
lang: Cornish
word: kurun spern
lang: Czech
word: kocovina
lang: Danish
word: tømmermænd
lang: Dutch
word: kater
lang: Esperanto
word: postebrio
lang: Estonian
word: pohmell
lang: Estonian
word: pohmelus
lang: Estonian
word: pohmakas
lang: Estonian
word: pohm
lang: Faroese
word: timburmenn
lang: Faroese
word: hundasjúka
lang: Finnish
word: krapula
lang: Finnish
word: kankkunen
lang: Finnish
word: pohmelo
lang: Finnish
word: kohmelo
lang: Finnish
word: darra
lang: Finnish
word: koistinen
lang: Finnish
word: kanuuna
lang: French
word: gueule de bois
lang: Galician
word: resaca
lang: Georgian
word: ნაბახუსევი
roman: nabaxusevi
lang: Georgian
word: პახმელია
roman: ṗaxmelia
lang: Georgian
word: ხუმარი
roman: xumari
lang: German
word: Kater
lang: German
word: Katzenjammer
lang: Greek
word: χανγκόβερ
roman: changkóver
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κραιπάλη
roman: kraipálē
lang: Greenlandic
word: aqagutaarneq
lang: Hebrew
word: חמרמורת
lang: Hebrew
word: הנגאובר
roman: hungover, hengover
lang: Hungarian
word: másnaposság
lang: Hungarian
word: macskajaj
lang: Icelandic
word: timburmenn
lang: Icelandic
word: þynnka
lang: Indonesian
word: pengar
lang: Indonesian
word: basian
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᐊᖓᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓕᙴᑎᕚ ᐅᓪᓛᒃ
lang: Inuktitut
word: angajaarnaqtuq silinnguutivaa ullaak
lang: Irish
word: póit
lang: Italian
word: postumi
lang: Italian
word: postumi della sbornia
lang: Japanese
word: 二日酔い
roman: futsukayoi
lang: Kazakh
word: бас жазу
roman: bas jazu
lang: Khmer
word: ធីងធោងឈឺក្បាល
roman: thiing thoong chɨɨ kbaal
lang: Korean
word: 숙취
roman: sukchwi
lang: Korean
word: 술병
roman: sulbyeong
lang: Latin
word: crāpula
lang: Latvian
word: paģiras
lang: Lithuanian
word: pagirios
lang: Macedonian
word: ма́мурлак
roman: mámurlak
lang: Marathi
word: नशा
roman: naśā
lang: Mongolian
word: шартах
roman: šartax
lang: Mongolian
word: үлдэгдэл
roman: üldegdel
lang: Mongolian
word: хоцрогдол
roman: xocrogdol
lang: Navajo
word: yoolééł
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bakrus
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fyllesyke
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: fyllesjuke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: bakrus
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: fyllesjuke
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: вчерайшосц
roman: včerajšosc
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: нєвитрезбеносц
roman: njevitrezbenosc
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: поснаносц
roman: posnanosc
lang: Polish
word: kac
lang: Polish
word: tupot białych mew
lang: Polish
word: kociokwik
lang: Portuguese
word: ressaca
lang: Romanian
word: mahmureală
lang: Russian
word: похме́лье
roman: poxmélʹje
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ceann-daoraich
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: amh-dheoch
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: earball na misge
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ceann goirt is aithreachas
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: bach-thinneas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mamurluk
lang: Slovene
word: maček
lang: Spanish
word: resaca
lang: Spanish
word: caña
lang: Spanish
word: chaqui
lang: Spanish
word: chuchaqui
lang: Spanish
word: cruda
lang: Spanish
word: goma
lang: Spanish
word: guayabo
lang: Spanish
word: hachazo
lang: Spanish
word: hangover
lang: Spanish
word: perseguidora
lang: Spanish
word: ratón
lang: Spanish
word: jangóver
lang: Spanish
word: goya
lang: Spanish
word: tistapi
lang: Swahili
word: chelewa
lang: Swedish
word: bakfylla
lang: Swedish
word: kopparslagare
lang: Swedish
word: baksmälla
lang: Swedish
word: dagen efter
lang: Swedish
word: bakrus
lang: Thai
word: อาการเมาค้าง
roman: akan mao khang
lang: Thai
word: แฮ้ง
roman: haeng
lang: Tibetan
word: ཆང་ནད
roman: chang nad
lang: Turkish
word: akşamdan kalmalık
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مخمورلق
roman: mahmurluk
lang: Tuvan
word: чүдей
roman: çüdey
lang: Ukrainian
word: похмі́лля
roman: poxmíllja
lang: Vietnamese
word: nôn nao sau khi uống rượu
lang: Volapük
word: posbrietlustad
lang: Welsh
word: pen mawr
lang: Yiddish
word: הענגאָווער
roman: hengover
lang: Yiddish
word: קאַצניאָמער
roman: katsnyomer
lang: Yiddish
word: קאַצן־יאָמער
roman: katsn-yomer
lang: Yiddish
word: אויפֿצומאָרגנס
roman: oyftsumorgns
lang: Yiddish
word: פּאָכמעליע
roman: pokhmelye