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hang-up Definition

☆ hang·-up (haŋ′up′)

noun

Slang a problem or difficulty, esp. one of a personal or emotional nature that a person seems unable to deal with

hang-up* Synonyms

hang-up*

n.

problem, predicament, disturbance, fixation, psychological block; see also difficulty 1, 2.

hang up Synonyms

hang up

v.

cease speaking, replace the receiver, finish a telephone call, ring off, hang up the phone, put off, buzz off*.

hang-up Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • connection: Features include: Single click connection start-up and hang-up of a connection defined by time or day of week.

Converse of object

  • have: Design has no such hang-ups about the beauty of visual form.
  • cause: It applies biblical principles to common personal hang-ups caused by earlier negative experiences.
  • get: So if you've got no hang-ups when it comes to style, make us look our best.

Adjective modifier

  • personal: It applies biblical principles to common personal hang-ups caused by earlier negative experiences.
  • few: But she still had a few hang-ups - like hijab.
  • ideological: We need to learn from other European countries where public sector workers do not have the same ideological hang-ups.
  • own: It's bad enough suffering all your own hang-ups, I think, without taking the blame for other people's!
  • many: And don't forget about the telecoms engineer who was committed to an asylum... They said he had too many hang-ups.
  • psychological: There was no traumatic experience or psychological hang-ups or whatever.

Modifies a noun

  • button: After completion of the call, click on the hang-up button.
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Noun used with modifier

  • caller: Music and Messages on hold reduces caller hang-up by over 80 % .