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GROUNDHOG DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Groundhog Day mean?
• GROUNDHOG DAY (noun)
The noun GROUNDHOG DAY has 1 sense:
1. if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
Familiarity information: GROUNDHOG DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
If the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
February 2; Groundhog Day
Hypernyms ("Groundhog Day" is a kind of...):
day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Holonyms ("Groundhog Day" is a part of...):
Feb; February (the month following January and preceding March)
Context examples
You may feel it’s a little like the movie Groundhog Day when talks are repeated over and over in circular fashion, like a strange dream.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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