"hit the wall" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hits the wall [present, singular, third-person], hitting the wall [participle, present], hit the wall [participle, past], hit the wall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the wall}} hit the wall (third-person singular simple present hits the wall, present participle hitting the wall, simple past and past participle hit the wall)
  1. (informal) To experience sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion, e.g. when cycling. Tags: informal Synonyms: bonk Translations (experience sudden fatigue from glycogen depletion): defallir (Catalan), väsähtää (Finnish), avoir un coup de pompe (French), wenn der Mann mit dem Hammer kommt (German), darle una pájara (Spanish), tappa ångan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hit_the_wall-en-verb-BYtiOzeN Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'experience sudden fatigue from glycogen depletion': 97 3
  2. (informal, seduction community) Of a woman: to lose her physical attractiveness through growing older. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Seduction community
    Sense id: en-hit_the_wall-en-verb-7l3lzNJl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 74 Topics: lifestyle, seduction-community, sexuality
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hit a wall

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) To experience sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion, e.g. when cycling."
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "experience sudden fatigue from glycogen depletion",
      "word": "defallir"
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      "word": "avoir un coup de pompe"
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      "sense": "experience sudden fatigue from glycogen depletion",
      "word": "wenn der Mann mit dem Hammer kommt"
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      "word": "darle una pájara"
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      "sense": "experience sudden fatigue from glycogen depletion",
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