Definition of Katzenjammer

1. Noun. Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).

Exact synonyms: Hangover
Generic synonyms: Discomfort, Uncomfortableness

2. Noun. Loud confused noise from many sources.
Exact synonyms: Brouhaha, Hubbub, Uproar
Generic synonyms: Noise
Derivative terms: Uproarious

Definition of Katzenjammer

1. Noun. hangover ¹

2. Noun. jitters ¹

3. Noun. bewilderment ¹

4. Noun. depression ¹

5. Noun. discord ¹

6. Adjective. raucous ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Katzenjammer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Katzenjammer

katoite
katophorite
katoptrite
katorga
katorgas
kats
katsura
katsura tree
katsuras
katsuwokinase
katti
kattis
katydid
katydids
katywampus
katzenjammer (current term)
katzenjammers
kaugh
kaughs
kauluamine
kaurene synthetase
kauri
kauri copal
kauri gum
kauri pine
kauri resin
kauries
kauris
kaury
kava

Literary usage of Katzenjammer

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

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"IN ADDITION TO WHICH — THE katzenjammer KIDS (IM COLORS) The most famous comic characters in the world, will also appear on Size 9K by 15# inches Facts: ..."

2. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"katzenjammer and her husband. "The Good Mr. Best." by John J. McNally, was produced Aug. 30, and cast thus: Tom Best RA Roberts Maximilian Juarez O'Keefe ..."

3. American Druggist (1885)
"Hager's Dyspepsia Pills (Ш. Hager recommends the following in case of enfeebled digestion, dyspepsia, sour stomach, "katzenjammer" or " Kater," and other ..."

4. Short Story Classics (American) by William Henry Harrison Murray, Robert Grant, Virginia Tracy, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Robert William Chambers, George Ade, John Habberton, Hallie Erminie Rives, William Patten, Charles Heber Clark, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, P.F. Collier & Son (1905)
"If you have the katzenjammer,* soda-water is the thing. Come along—it's my treat! ... katzenjammer is the sensation a man has the morning after a carousal. ..."

5. Law as a Means to an End by Rudolf von Jhering (1914)
"Crash is the economic "katzenjammer" resulting from excessive use of credit — "Schwindel" (swindle, vertigo) plays a great role in both. ..."

6. Millionaires of a Day: An Inside History of the Great Southern California "boom" by Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1890)
"Mr. katzenjammer opened his eyes as he saw the banker buying some more lots, as he supposed ; and their expansion was increased by seeing Mr. Mason, ..."

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