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Noun: hang-up  'hang`úp
  1. An emotional preoccupation
     
  2. An unforeseen obstacle
    - hitch, rub, snag
Verb: hang up
  1. Put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
     
  2. Cause to be hanging or suspended
    - hang
     
  3. Interrupt a telephone conversation

Derived forms: hung up, hanging up, hangs up, hang-ups

Type of: break off, break short, cut short, fasten, fix, obstacle, obstruction, preoccupation, put back, replace, secure

Encyclopedia: Hang up