hangover
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hangover
- /ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/ UK
- /ˈhæŋəʉ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɐʉ̯vəː/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈhæŋoʊ̯vɚ/ ~ /ˈhæŋɔʊ̯vɚ/ US
- /ˈheɪ̯ŋoʊ̯vɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈhɛ̃ŋoʊ̯vɚ/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
American English; hang + over. First sense was first attested in 1904. Third sense was first attested in 1894.
noun hangovers · hang-over
- Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol. I really enjoyed yesterday’s party, but now I have the biggest hangover – I’ll not be doing that again any time soon.
- Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc. Don't go overboard and find yourself with a sugar hangover that lasts for days and makes your diet days that much harder.
- An unpleasant relic left from prior events. The one hangover from high school that colored part of my college career was the social requirement of having a boyfriend.
- A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: holdover, binge, wood, timber, wooden, vestige, lumber, bender, headache, trace, remnant, relic, reality, veisalgia, hangxiety, cocktail flu
Translations
Every language
noun negative effects caused by heavy drinking
| Español | resaca, caña, chaqui, chuchaqui, cruda, goma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 숙취 sukchwi, 술병 sulbyeong |
| 日本語 | 二日酔い futsukayoi |
| 中文 | 宿醉 sùzuì |
| Kiswahili | chelewa |
| Português | ressaca |
| Français | gueule de bois |
| Deutsch | Kater, Katzenjammer |
| Italiano | postumi, postumi della sbornia |
| Ελληνικά | χανγκόβερ changkóver |
| Română | mahmureală |
| Русский | похме́лье poxmélʹje |
| Tiếng Việt | nôn nao sau khi uống rượu |
| العربية | خُمَار ḵumār, خُمَار اَلسُّكْر ḵumār as-sukr, صُدَاع الخَمْر ṣudāʕ al-ḵamr |
| עברית | חמרמורת, הנגאובר hungover, hengover |
noun unpleasant relic left from prior events
| Deutsch | Überbleibsel |
|---|---|
| Italiano | pendenza, rimasuglio |
| Русский | пережи́ток perežítok |
Talk about this word "hangover." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hangover. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hangover. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hangover "hangover." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hangover.Cite this
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title = {hangover},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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