English Explanatory Dictionary

Groundhog Day

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow.
noun
  1. A situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion.
verb
  1. To live out a situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion.

Word forms

Groundhog Day Groundhog's Day Groundhog Days Groundhog Daying Groundhog Dayed

Etymology

From the title of the film Groundhog Day (1993), in which a man is forced to live out the same day over and over in a time loop.

Synonyms

time loop

Related words

groundhogese
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