informal #noun #Idioms #English #esl

hang-up {n.}, {informal} (stress on "hang")

1. A delay in some process.

The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang-up with the trucks somewhere.

1. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a traumatic shock which has gone unconscious.

Doctor Simpson believes that Suzie's frigidity is due to some hang-up about men. Categories: informal life noun