Groundhog Day

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== Groundhog's Day ==== Proper noun ==== Groundhog Day 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. ===== Related terms ===== groundhogese ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Noun ==== Groundhog Day (plural Groundhog Days) (informal) A situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion. Synonym: time loop ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== Groundhog Day (third-person singular simple present Groundhog Days, present participle Groundhog Daying, simple past and past participle Groundhog Dayed) (informal, intransitive) To live out a situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion.