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hang `verb` [ haŋ ]

• suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free.

• "that's where people are supposed to hang their washing"

Similar: be suspended, hang down, be pendent, dangle, swing, sway, depend,

Opposite: rise,

• kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment).

• "he was hanged for murder"

Similar: execute by hanging, hang by the neck, send to the gallows, send to the gibbet, send to the scaffold, gibbet, put to death, lynch, string up,

• remain static in the air.

• "a black pall of smoke hung over Valletta"

Similar: hover, float, drift, linger, remain static, be suspended, be poised,

Opposite: be dispersed,

• come or cause to come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out.

• "the machine has hung"

• spend time relaxing or enjoying oneself.

• "I guess I wasn't cool enough to hang with them anymore"

• deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter.

• "this leads to hanging a breaking ball"

hang `noun`

• a downward droop or bend.

• "the bullish hang of his head"

hang `exclamation`

• used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger.

• "hang, but I loved those soldiers!"

Origin: Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga .

get the hang of

• learn how to operate or do (something).
"I never got the hang of roller-skating"

hang fire

• delay or be delayed in taking action or progressing.
"a near agreement was hanging fire because of the concerns of some provinces"

hang one's hat

• be resident.

hang heavy

• (of time) pass slowly.
"time hung heavy in the schoolroom"

hang in the air

• remain unresolved.
"the success of the Green movement has left that rather uncomfortable question hanging in the air"

hang in there

• remain persistent and determined in difficult circumstances.
"in the second half, we just had to hang in there"

hang a left

• make a left turn.
"down some more stairs, through another door, then hang a left"

a hang of a

• used to emphasize something very bad or great.
"we had to walk a hang of a long way"

hang someone out to dry

• leave someone in a difficult or vulnerable situation.
"the White House wasn't about to hang Thomas out to dry"

hang a right

• make a right turn.
"he slammed the brakes on and hung a right"

hang ten

• ride a surfboard with all ten toes curled over the board's front edge.

hang tough

• be or remain inflexible or firmly resolved.
"company chiefs continued to hang tough, despite increasing competition"

let it all hang out

• be very relaxed or uninhibited.

not give a hang

• not care at all.
"people just don't give a hang about plants"

you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb

• if the penalty for two offences is the same, you might as well commit the more serious one, especially if it brings more benefit.

hang around

• spend time aimlessly; wait around.
"undercover officers spent most of their time hanging around"

hang back

• remain behind.
"Stephen hung back for fear of being seen"

hang in

• remain persistent and determined in difficult circumstances.
"I'm struggling even more, but I'm hanging in"

hang on

• hold tightly.
"hang on, we're going to crash!"

hang out

• hang something on a line or pole or from a window.
"the embassies hung out their flags"

hang together

• make sense; be consistent.
"your story doesn't hang together"

hang up

• hang from a hook.
"your dressing gown's hanging up behind the door"

hang verb [ haŋ ]

hang noun

hang exclamation

hang `verb` [ haŋ ]

hang `noun`

hang `exclamation`