noun
Meaning 1
The way in which something hangs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This skirt has a nice hang.
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noun
The way in which something hangs.
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noun
A mass of hanging material.
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noun
A slackening of motion.
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noun
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
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noun
An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A grip, understanding.
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Usage: figuratively, informal
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noun
A hangout.
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Usage: colloquial
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noun
A person that someone hangs out with.
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Usage: colloquial
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noun
Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
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Usage: Ireland, derogatory, informal, uncountable
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noun
Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
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Usage: colloquial
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noun
A percussion instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG, somewhat resembling a steelpan, consisting of two metal half shells with tuned notes on the top side that produces a mellow and ethereal sound.
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Synonyms: handpan
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verb
To be or remain suspended.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To float, as if suspended.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To veer in one direction.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
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Usage: intransitive, usually
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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verb
To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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verb
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.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: law
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verb
(used in maledictions) To damn.
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Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
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Usage: informal, intransitive
Synonyms: hang out
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verb
To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
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Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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verb
To be vulnerable to capture.
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Usage: intransitive
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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verb
To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
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Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
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Usage: figuratively, transitive
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noun
a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
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Broader terms: gymnastic exercise
Narrower terms: bent hang, inverted hang, lever hang, reverse hang, straight hang
noun
the way a garment hangs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fit
noun
a special way of doing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bent, knack
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Broader terms: endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment
verb
suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
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Broader terms: decompose, rot, molder, moulder
verb
hold on tightly or tenaciously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cling
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Broader terms: grasp, hold on
verb
cause to be hanging or suspended
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hang up
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
Narrower terms: suspend, sling
verb
place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
verb
be placed in position as by a hinge
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verb
be suspended or poised
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verb
be suspended or hanging
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Narrower terms: overhang, beetle, dangle, swing, drop
verb
fall or flow in a certain way
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Synonyms: fall, flow
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verb
decorate or furnish with something suspended
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Broader terms: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
verb
let drop or droop
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Broader terms: drop
verb
give heed (to)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: attend, advert, pay heed, give ear
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Broader terms: listen
Narrower terms: fixate
verb
kill by hanging
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Synonyms: string up
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Broader terms: execute, put to death
Narrower terms: halter, gibbet
verb
prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
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Broader terms: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
verb
be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
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Broader terms: be
Narrower terms: brood, hover, loom, bulk large
verb
be exhibited
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History
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”).
From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich.
Alteration of dang, itself a minced oath of damn.
Coined as a trademark, from Alemannic German Hang (“hand”), c. 2000.
Across languages
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