hangover

Significat (Anglès)

  1. Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
  2. Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
  3. (figuratively) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.
  4. (historical) A sleeping arrangement, usually in homeless shelters, over a rope.

Conceptes

indisposició

Oposat a
afterglow
Freqüència

C1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈhæŋoʊvɚ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

American English; hang + over. First sense was first attested in 1904. Second sense was first attested in 1894.

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