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Definitions: Hang-up |
Hang-upNoun1. (informal) an emotional preoccupation. 2. An unforeseen obstacle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | An unexpected halt in a program sequence, caused by a program error. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A state in which a program has come to an unexpected halt. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | Underground, blockage of ore pass or chute by rock. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Hang-upSynonyms: hitch (n), rub (n), snag (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hang-up |
| Specialty definitions using "hang-up": to hang-up. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Either that, or they've got a little hang-up about lying face-down in filth. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Alright, I gotta hang-up now, because I gotta go kill everybody. (Quick Change; writing credit: Howard Franklin) You got a hang-up about sex. (All in the Family; writing credit: Johnny Speight; Norman Lear) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Hang-up" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hang-up" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 24 | 71,196 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "hang-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | hang-up, uventet stop (hanging, unexpected halt), blokering (blanketing, block, blockade, blockage, blocking, cardiac block, choking, heart block, heart-block, immobilisation, immobilization, interlock, mute, obscuration, putting on the skid, scotching, skidding, spiking, stopping). (various references) | |
Dutch | plaatselijke wandverdikking (blob), onvoorziene stop (hangup, unexpected halt), blijven hangen (get caught, get fouled, get stuck, hanging). (various references) | |
Finnish | seinäpaksunnos (blob), odottamaton keskeytys (hanging), lukkiutuminen (deadly embrace, interlocking), juotoshelmi (blob), jumiutuminen (deadly embrace, hangup, tumbling). (various references) | |
French | source d'irritation, sangsue au corps, formation de voûte (hang-up of fuel), blocage de programme, arrêt non-programmé dans un cycle, arrêt imprévu (hanging). (various references) | |
German | hang-up, Hänger (floater, hanger, hanging, hangup, main operating rod, pendant, smock, span, suspender), nichtprogrammierter Schleifenstop (hanging), lokale Wandverdickung (blob), Brueckenbildung (bridging, hang-up of fuel), blockieren (block, block up, blockade, dam, funds, halt, inhibit, jam, lock, obstruct, scotching, to block funds, to blockade, to freeze, to inhibit), aufhängen (hang, hang up, hanged, hanging, land with, palm off, peg out, peg up, put up, ring off, saddle with, sling, string out, string up, suspend, talk into believing, to hang-up, to lodge, to suspend). (various references) | |
Greek | Tοπική εξόγκωση τοιχώματος (blob), απρόβλεπτη αναστολή (hanging), απροσδόκητη εμπλοκή προγράμματος. (various references) | |
Hungarian | csalódás érzése, bosszantó akadály. (various references) | |
Italian | ispessimento di parete localizzato (blob), arresto non programmato (hanging), arresto imprevisto (hanging, unexpected halt). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ang-uphay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | parede com caroço local (blob), engrossamento localizado da parede (blob), bloqueamento do programa. (various references) | |
Spanish | parada inesperada, parada imprevista de máquina (hanging), engrosamiento de la pared (blob), cuelgue (hanging). (various references) | |
Swedish | hängning (hanging, hangup), insideförtjockning (blob), avringning. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Hang-up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hangul, Hongwu, kang-lu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hangup. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-n-p-u" | |
-2 letters: gaun, guan, hang, hung, pang, pugh, puna, pung. | |
-3 letters: gan, gap, gnu, gun, hag, hap, hug, hun, hup, nag, nah, nap, pah, pan, pug, pun, ugh. | |
-4 letters: ag, ah, an, ha, na, nu, pa, uh, un, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-n-p-u" | |
+1 letter: hangups. | |
+2 letters: sphagnum. | |
+3 letters: sphagnous, sphagnums, straphung, upheaping, upheaving. | |
+4 letters: agapanthus, galumphing, harumphing, purchasing, sulphating, uphoarding, upreaching. | |
+5 letters: harrumphing, monophagous, parachuting, pneumograph, prognathous, upgathering, uranography. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6E 67 2D 75 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101110 01100111 00101101 01110101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a n g - u p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006E 0067 002D 0075 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678073158782 |
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