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To put up to hang.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I hung up my wash on the line.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ring off
Antonyms: pick up the phone
To stop talking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To rob or mug (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He hung up the flute after college.
- I think it's time to hang it up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
interrupt a telephone conversation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cut short, break short, break off
put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: replace, put back
cause to be hanging or suspended
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hang that picture on the wall
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hang
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
Narrower terms: suspend, sling
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Ainu:
アッテ
(atte)
— put up to hang
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Arabic:
عَلَّقَ
(ʕallaqa)
— put up to hang
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Asturian:
colgar
— put up to hang
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Catalan:
penjar
— put up to hang
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Cherokee:
ᎬᏙᏌᏗᎠ
(gvdosadia)
— put up to hang
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Chinese Mandarin:
掛 /挂
(guà)
— put up to hang
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Czech:
pověsit
— put up to hang
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Finnish:
ripustaa
— put up to hang
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French:
suspendre
— put up to hang
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Galician:
colgar
— put up to hang
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Georgian:
ჩამოკიდება
(čamoḳideba)
— put up to hang
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German:
aufhängen
— put up to hang
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Hungarian:
felakaszt
— put up to hang
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Icelandic:
hengja
— put up to hang
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Ido:
pendar
— put up to hang
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Ingrian:
ripustaa
— put up to hang
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Ingrian:
löövvä
— put up to hang
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Italian:
appendere
— put up to hang
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Japanese:
掛ける
(kakeru)
— put up to hang
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Latin:
suspendō
— put up to hang
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Māori:
houtāwere
— put up to hang
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Māori:
whakahīweka
— put up to hang
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Māori:
whakairi
— put up to hang
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Māori:
whakatārawa
— put up to hang
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Norwegian:
la på røret
— put up to hang
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Norwegian:
legge på
— put up to hang
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Portuguese:
pendurar
— put up to hang
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Romanian:
agăța
— put up to hang
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Romanian:
atârna
— put up to hang
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Russian:
ве́шать
(véšatʹ)
— put up to hang
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Russian:
пове́сить
(povésitʹ)
— put up to hang
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Spanish:
colgar
— put up to hang
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Swedish:
hänga upp
— put up to hang
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Turkish:
asmak
— put up to hang
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Ottoman Turkish:
آصمق
(asmak)
— put up to hang
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Arabic:
أَغْلَقَ الْخَطّ
(ʔaḡlaqa al-ḵaṭṭ)
— terminate a phone call
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Asturian:
colgar
— terminate a phone call
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Bulgarian:
затварям телефона
(zatvarjam telefona)
— terminate a phone call
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Catalan:
penjar
— terminate a phone call
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Chinese Cantonese:
掛斷 /挂断
(gwaa3 tyun5)
— terminate a phone call
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Chinese Cantonese:
cut線 /cut线
(kat1 sin3)
— terminate a phone call
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Chinese Mandarin:
掛斷 /挂断
(guàduàn)
— terminate a phone call
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Chinese Mandarin:
挂断
(guàduàn)
— terminate a phone call
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Czech:
zavěsit
— terminate a phone call
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Faroese:
leggja á
— terminate a phone call
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Finnish:
katkaista
— terminate a phone call
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Finnish:
sulkea puhelin
— terminate a phone call
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Finnish:
lopettaa puhelu
— terminate a phone call
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Finnish:
katkaista puhelu
— terminate a phone call
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French:
raccrocher
— terminate a phone call
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French:
raccrocher au nez
— terminate a phone call
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Galician:
colgar
— terminate a phone call
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German:
auflegen
— terminate a phone call
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Gujarati:
મૂકી દેવું
(mūkī devũ)
— terminate a phone call
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Hungarian:
letesz
— terminate a phone call
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Hungarian:
kinyom
— terminate a phone call
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Icelandic:
leggja á
— terminate a phone call
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Icelandic:
skella á
— terminate a phone call
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Italian:
riagganciare
— terminate a phone call
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Italian:
riattaccare
— terminate a phone call
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Japanese:
電話を切る
(denwa o kiru)
— terminate a phone call
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Korean:
전화를 끊다
(jeonhwareul kkeunta)
— terminate a phone call
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Luxembourgish:
anhänken
— terminate a phone call
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Persian:
قطع کردن
(ġat' kardan)
— terminate a phone call
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Polish:
odkładać impf słuchawkę
— terminate a phone call
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Polish:
odłożyć pf słuchawkę
— terminate a phone call
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Portuguese:
desligar
— terminate a phone call
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Romanian:
închide
— terminate a phone call
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Russian:
класть тру́бку
(klastʹ trúbku)
— terminate a phone call
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Russian:
положи́ть тру́бку
(položítʹ trúbku)
— terminate a phone call
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Russian:
ве́шать тру́бку
(véšatʹ trúbku)
— terminate a phone call
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Russian:
пове́сить тру́бку
(povésitʹ trúbku)
— terminate a phone call
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Spanish:
colgar
— terminate a phone call
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Spanish:
cortar
— terminate a phone call
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Swahili:
-kata simu
— terminate a phone call
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Swedish:
lägga på
— terminate a phone call
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Turkish:
kapatmak
— terminate a phone call
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Vietnamese:
cúp máy
— terminate a phone call
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Finnish:
vaivata
— emotionally trouble
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Italian:
tenere in sospeso
— emotionally trouble
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Italian:
tenere in attesa
— emotionally trouble
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Italian:
tenere sulle spine
— emotionally trouble
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Italian:
rimuginare
— emotionally trouble
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Japanese:
弱らせる
— emotionally trouble