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Hangover   Listen
noun
hangover  n.  
1.
An unpleasant feeling, such as a headache, occurring as an aftereffect from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).
2.
An official who remains in office after his term.
Synonyms: holdover.





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"Hangover" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the dose. Sometimes it slows me down physically and mentally. At other times there were no effects that I could tell until the kwil wore off. Then I'd have hallucinations for a while—that can be very distracting, of course, when there's something you have to do. Those hangover hallucinations seem to be another fairly ...
— The Star Hyacinths • James H. Schmitz
... to see sunlight shining through a heavily barred window that must be in the official Southport jail. He waited a few minutes for his head to clear and then sat up; necrosynth left no hangover, at least. ...
— Badge of Infamy • Lester del Rey
... through. When he found who we was—well, he gave us the town; he made us a present of Dawson and all points north, together with the lands, premises, privileges, and hereditaments appurtenant thereto. I still got a kind of a hangover headache and have to take ...
— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach
... made an effort and got to his feet, shaking off Bassett's assisting arm. "For God's sake keep your hands off me," he said irritably. "I've got a hangover, ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... works was in a neighbor's backyard greenhouse. This retired welder liked his liquor. Having more time than money and little respect for legal absurdities, he had constructed a small stainless steel pot still, fermented his own mash, and made a harsh, hangover-producing whiskey from grain and cane sugar that Appalachians call "popskull." To encourage rapid fermentation, his mashing barrel was kept in the warm greenhouse. The bubbling brew gave off large quantities of carbon ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon


Words linked to "Hangover" :   katzenjammer, functionary, holdover, discomfort, uncomfortableness, official


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