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Plural of hangover

regular plural

The plural of hangover is hangovers.

Forms of hangover

Singularhangover /ˈhæŋəʊ̯vəː/ ~ /ˈhæŋɵ̞ʊ̯vəː/
Pluralhangovers
Countablecountable

Hangovers in a sentence

  • One day these hangovers will somehow merge into their hinterlands and cease to be grit in the shoe of international relations.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian
  • After years of junk drinks and hangovers, she finally gave up alcohol.From the entry junk drink
  • We all had hangovers after a boozy weekend in town.From the entry boozy
  • As we enjoy the festive season, many strongly held beliefs about avoiding hangovers are thrown around.2018 January 1, “Shaken not stirred by mixing drinks”, in The New Zealand Herald, page A13. From the entry beer before liquor, never been sicker; liquor before beer, you're in the clear
  • The blackouts, the hangovers, the vomiting, the hotboxes, the detox, the shame, and the degradation.2012, Maxine Thompson, L..A. Blues II. From the entry hotbox

Meaning of hangover

  1. noun Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.
  2. noun Similar negative effects caused by previous excessive consumption of another substance, such as a drug, coffee, sugar, etc.
  3. noun An unpleasant relic left from prior events.

Full definition of hangover

Questions about the plural of hangover

What is the plural of hangover?
The plural of hangover is hangovers.
Is hangover countable?
Hangover is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hangover (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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