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