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Katzenjammer

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.
I like this song, but that guy is just playing katzenjammer!
Katzenjammer by OnlyJulicorn January 25, 2018

katzenjammer

when you get a headache after a hangover according to the oxford dictionary.
I had a bad katzenjammer yesterday!
katzenjammer by hehehehe012434789 January 26, 2022

Katzenjammer (ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər)

Definition of katzenjammer in English:

katzenjammer
NOUN

1US informal, dated Confusion; uproar.
1.1A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover.

Origin
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
/ˈkatsənˌjamər/ /ˈkætsənˌdʒæmər/
All of this criminal katzenjammer - and much, much more - was authorized at the highest levels, as top procurement brass and Pentagon officials confirmed.’
‘And yet, in 1979, the man who loaned his prestigious name to this enormous katzenjammer denounced the parapsychologists for being weird.’
‘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)