Groundhog Day (Noun)
Meaning
If the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- On Groundhog Day, people gather in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to see if Phil the groundhog will see his shadow or not.
- If Phil sees his shadow on Groundhog Day, winter will supposedly last six more weeks.
- Every year on February 2nd, we celebrate Groundhog Day to determine how much longer winter will last.
- In a fun twist, a movie titled Groundhog Day tells the story of a man stuck reliving the same day over and over again.
- Bill Murray's Groundhog Day film became a cult classic despite having no relation to the actual folklore behind the weather prediction tradition.