Definitions for hang-up

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Spelling: [hang-uhp]

IPA: /ˈhæŋˌʌp/

Hang-Up is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in hang-up (-aghnpu).

Definitions for hang-up

noun

1. a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; complex:
2. a source of annoying difficulty or burden; impediment; snag:
3. a fixture, object, or decoration that can be affixed to a wall, ceiling, other objects, etc.:

Origin of hang-up

First recorded in 1955-60; noun use of verb phrase hang up

Examples for hang-up

Those fellows needed an artistic cussing-out and a thirty-day hang-up at the very lightest.

At length Mr. Chadwick told them to "hang-up" and come back to the workshop.