Definition of Hangup

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hang up) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hangup

1. an inhibition or obsession [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hangup

hangovers
hangry
hangs
hangs about
hangs around
hangs by a thread
hangs out
hangs out to dry
hangs up
hangtag
hangtags
hangtime
hangtimes
hangul
hangulization
hangup (current term)
hangups
hanimal
haniwa
hanjaeo
hanjar
hanjars
hank
hank panky
hanked
hanker
hankered
hankerer
hankerers
hankering

Literary usage of Hangup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"Many fellers have been killed by a falling tree that had a hangup only minutes ... Examples of poor techniques include felling a tree with a hangup in it, ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"A tongue of low land stretches from this cape in a SW £ W. direction for one and two-tenth miles, rendering caution necessary in passing hangup in hazy ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1860)
"Vessels from the eastward should not bring the light to bear more westerly than NW -, W , by which they will clear all danger ofT Cape hangup. ..."

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