hang
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English hangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”, transitive verb) and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”, intransitive verb), respectively from the transitive verb Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and the intransitive verb *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną and *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”).
See also Dutch hangen, Low German hangen and hängen, German hängen, Norwegian Bokmål henge, Norwegian Nynorsk henga; also Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhan), Hittite 𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵 (/⁠kānk-⁠/, “to hang”), Sanskrit शङ्कते (śáṅkate, “is in doubt, hesitates”), Latin cūnctārī (“to delay”).
Inflected forms:
form: hangs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hanging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: past
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: hang
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: hang
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: hang
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: hangest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: hungest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: hangedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: hangs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hangeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: hang
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: hang
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: hang
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: hanging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hung
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hanged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hangs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To be or remain suspended.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The lights hung from the ceiling.
On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.
gloss: To float, as if suspended.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The smoke hung in the room.
It was a couple of days after the crash, with the smell of burning still hanging in the air from the incinerated wreckage of Coach H, where 31 passengers lost their lives, when I visited the West London site.
gloss: To veer in one direction.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside[…]
gloss: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
usually
gloss: To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He hung his head in shame.
gloss: To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Hang those lights from the ceiling.
to hang a door
It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
gloss: To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
'[…] There's every Staffordshire crime-piece ever made in this cabinet, and that's unique. The Van Hoyer Museum in New York hasn't that very rare second version of Maria Marten's Red Barn over there, nor the little Frederick George Manning—he was the criminal Dickens saw hanged on the roof of the gaol in Horsemonger Lane, by the way—'
As things go from bad to worse for Putin in his maniacal, murderous attack on Ukraine, he could end up like Milosevic, or worse. The court could change its rules and hang him, the way the Allies hanged Nazi war criminals at the end of World War II.
gloss: To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: You will hang for this, my friend.
gloss: (used in maledictions) To damn.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: Helena
That depends on how much of the factory you show me.
Domin
Oh, hang the factory. Oh, no, no, you shall see everything, Miss Glory. Indeed you shall. Won't you sit down?
[H]e suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said "Bother!" and "Oh blow!" and also "Hang spring-cleaning!" and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat.
gloss: To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
He banned spearfishing wherever he could, started the first eco-moorings in the Caribbean, stopped others from coral- and shell-collecting, and had so much fun 24/7 that some unusually powerful people began to hang with him.
gloss: To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery.
gloss: To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Let's hang the nursery with some new wallpaper.
gloss: To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind, and set up a train of thinking.
gloss: To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: One obstinate juror can hang a jury.
gloss: To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> works.
When I push this button the program hangs.
gloss: To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The program has a bug that can hang the system.
gloss: To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If you move there, you'll hang your rook.
gloss: To be vulnerable to capture.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
gloss: To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: McDougald then singled, and with a 3-2 count on Ellie Howard who was playing first base, Spahn hung a curve ball and Howard hit it over the wire fence in left field for a 4-4 tie.
gloss: To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: There were no whisperings, even from his opponents, that he was no better than he ought to be. Because, there was nothing wrong on which to hang a charge. As an eloquent orator, he carried with him the firm support of a good name.
Papa had wanted to call me Beverly Mary; Mary after the Blessed Virgin. Mama said she wouldn't hang a name like Beverly Mary on a pet skunk.
gloss: The way in which something hangs.
pos: noun
examples: This skirt has a nice hang.
gloss: A mass of hanging material.
pos: noun
examples: They advanced in a crouch, dropping to their knees every few yards to pass under a hang of rock.
“I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […]
gloss: A slackening of motion.
pos: noun
gloss: A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
pos: noun
gloss: An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
pos: noun
examples: We sometimes get system hangs.
gloss: A grip, understanding.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
informal
examples: On the fatal evening I duly made my way to the theatre—a little late, so as to take my seat unobserved. After I had got the general hang I glanced up occasionally until I caught Stephanie's eye […]
gloss: A hangout.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: My first day was a fun hang, but I didn't really do too much. Me and stupid Bob just hung around the casino looking at box and losing money.
So how can you set up a hang within a 90-minute time-frame for yourself? Be clear with your friends about timing from the get-go, so they, too, can decide if it's worth their time to even meet up.
He invited us over to his beautiful heritage home in downtown Toronto for a hang.
Then again, a live stream isn’t supposed to be a tight, scripted lecture. It’s supposed to be a good hang.
gloss: A person that someone hangs out with.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: She might announce something to everyone that makes no sense or tells a story that rambles on and on and makes no point. But for some reason nobody seems to mind. We all just like to listen to The Airhead. She's a fun hang.
"I couldn't sit down and play a concert for you or really wow you on any instrument," Mr. Blanco said, estimating that "like 75 percent" of his success comes from being a good hang. "What I can do is meet an artist, know what type of song I think we should make and be their therapist, make everyone feel comfortable."
And maaaaaaaybe Superman would be a good hang, though I suspect that'd be a lot like hanging out with a youth pastor.
Synonyms: string up
swing
take a ride to Tyburn
lock up
Derived words: behang
forhang
give a dog a bad name and hang him
give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself
go hang
hangability
hangable
hang about
hang a left
hang a leg
hang a Louie
hang an arse
hang a Ralph
hang a right
hang around
hang a shingle
hang a uey
hang back
hang behind
hangbird
hangboard
hang-by
hang by a hair
hang by a thread
hang by the eyelids
hangdog
hang dog
hang, draw and quarter
hangee
hanger
hang fire
hang five
hang glide
hang-glide
hang-glider
hang glider
hang gliding
hang heavy
hang in
hanging
hanging ball
hanging out of one's arse
hanging rice
hang in the balance
hang in there
hang it
hangle
hang loose
hang low
hangman
hang me
hangnail
hangnest
hang off
hang on
hang one on
hang one's hat
hang one's hat on
hang one's head
hang one's lip
hang on every word
hang onto
hang onto your hat
hang out
hang-out
hangout
hang out one's shingle
hang out to dry
hangover
hang over
hang over someone's head
hang paper
hang round
hangtag
hangtail
hang ten
hang the moon
hang tight
hang time
hangtime
hang to
hang together
hang-tough
hang tough
hang up
hang-up
hangup
hang upon
hang up one's boots
hang up one's fiddle
hang up one's hat
hang up one's spurs
hang up the boots
hang with
hangwoman
hangworthy
home is where you hang your hat
how's it hanging
how's your hammer hanging
I'll be hanged
leave hanging
let it all hang out
let one's nuts hang
mishang
not enough to hang a dog on
one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb
overhang
rehang
straphang
underhang
unhang
uphang
bear hang
dead hang
get the hang of
give a hang
harness hang syndrome
have the hang of
not a hang
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