ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hangup

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hangup is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of hang-up.

Meaning

Alternative spelling of hang-up.

Example Sentences

One result of the sexual revolution was the spread of venereal disease to near-epidemic proportions. The clap was, as one writer put it, “one of the hangups of the new morality.”

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inhibition, holdup, hook-up, tabu, hanger on, screw-up.

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