HOLDOVER

hangover, holdover

(noun) something that has survived from the past; “a holdover from the sixties”; “hangovers from the 19th century”

holdover, hangover

(noun) an official who remains in office after his term

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

holdover (plural holdovers)

Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.

(firearms) The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.

Anagrams

• overhold

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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