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    [Noun]  | "kat*zen*jam*mer" | \ ˈkat-sən-ˌja-mər \


    1: hangover

    2: distress

    3: a discordant clamor


    Origin: 1834 ;

     German, from Katze cat + Jammer distress;

    [Noun]  | "katzenjammers" 


    1: loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound;


      * e.g., " ... traffic was all tied up, the kids were fighting, and in the midst of all this katzenjammer, the phone rang "





    [Noun]  | "katzenjammer" 


    1: loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound;


      * e.g., " ... traffic was all tied up, the kids were fighting, and in the midst of all this katzenjammer, the phone rang "





     [ "katzenjammer" ]

    1: Another word for hangover, seen randomly used in spam in order to avoid detection.

      * e.g.,  ... Our recent view shows that it needs usually of just 1 

     [ "Katzenjammer" ]

    1: a) When a musician plays/sings in an unpleasant manner so the music sounds like a cat wailing. (Katzenjammer literally translates to catwailing.) b) A hangover. c) The feeling of sadness after an euphoric event is over.

      * e.g.,  ... I like this song, but that guy is just playing katzenjammer! 

     [ "Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)" ]

    1: Definition of katzenjammer in English: katzenjammer

      * e.g.,  ... All of this criminal katzenjammer - and much, much more - was authorized at the highest levels, as top procurement brass and Pentagon officials confirmed.’ 


     [ "Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)" ]

    2: NOUN 1US informal, dated Confusion; uproar.

      * e.g.,  ... ‘And yet, in 1979, the man who loaned his prestigious name to this enormous katzenjammer denounced the parapsychologists for being weird.’ 


     [ "Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)" ]

    3: 1A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover. Origin

      * e.g.,  ... ‘The war and the next war have nothing to do with liberation or terrorism or any of that katzenjammer.’‘By now, my katzenjammer had eased to the point where my head only throbbed if I made sudden movements.’ Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər) 


     [ "Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)" ]

    4: Mid 19th century from German Katzen (combining form of Katze ‘cat’) + Jammer ‘distress’; popularized by the cartoon Katzenjammer Kids, drawn by Rudolf Dirks in 1897 for the New York Journal, featuring two incorrigible children. Pronunciation


     [ "Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)" ]

    5: katzenjammer


     [ "Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)" ]

    6: /ˈkatsənˌjamər/ /ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/

     [ "katzenjammer" ]

    1: when you get a headache after a hangover according to the oxford dictionary.

      * e.g.,  ... I had a bad katzenjammer yesterday! 

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