hangover means negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
hangover is pronounced /ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/.
noun
- 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.”