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Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
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katzenjammer
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol) [syn: hangover ] loud confused noise from many sources [syn: hubbub , uproar , brouhaha ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Katzenjammer is a German word literally meaning "cat's wail" (caterwaul) and hence "discordant sound", sometimes used to indicate a general state of depression or bewilderment. It has also been used as a term for a hangover , with the sufferer's groans ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 hangover 2 jitters; discord; confusion 3 depression
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1849, "a hangover," American English colloquial, from German katzen , comb. form of katze "cat" (see cat (n.)) + jammer "distress, wailing" (see yammer ). Hence, "any unpleasant reaction" (1897).\n\nPleasure can intoxicate, passion can inebriate, success ...
Usage examples of katzenjammer.
He ran a comb through his newly greased-back hair and used his remaining quarter to order a chocolate soda and buy the latest copy of the Katzenjammer Kids.
Also, the normal state of Melancholy is such that even a case of Katzenjammer merely blends in with the surrounding Drabness.
In the name of my ridiculous family, in fact, welcome to Katzenjammer Castle.
Probably the entail is hopelessly below the cost of keeping up Katzenjammer Castle.
He was the island-ape who used to be in the Katzenjammer Kids in the funny paper.
Riding tiny air-scooters that look like dragonflies mated with ceiling fans, the pirates swarm aboard the passenger ship, led by Dola, the mother of all pirates, braids akimbo, hollering at the top of her considerable lungs, and looking like a cross between a Katzenjammer mama and Pippi Longstocking aged by R.
It was Mac, all right, short and thick and looking like the blond Katzenjammer kid, with his lower lip stuck out and his shiny yellow hair smooth as ever.
Doc Yak and the Katzenjammer Kids, Harold Teen and Dagwood and, as well, all title fantastic Disney characters let loose upon my world.
It just looked like somebody had sneaked up and set a toy balloon with a face painted on it and a comic hat set on top of it, like the Katzenjammer kids in the funny paper.