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hang en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /hɛŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hæŋ/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [haŋ] (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • [haŋɡ] ~ [häŋɡ] (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • [hɛːŋ] ~ [hɛəŋ] ~ [heəŋ] ~ [heɪŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [häŋ] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /hæŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [hæŋ] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • [hæːŋ] ~ [heːŋ] (Australia)
  • /haŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [hɛŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • [hæŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hæŋ/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /haŋ/ (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • /hæːŋ/ (Australia)
  • /haŋ/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)

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”).

Meanings

  1. The way in which something hangs.
    • This skirt has a nice hang.
  2. A mass of hanging material.
    • “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, […] 1911, Alexander MacDonald, The Invisible Island: A Story of the Far North of Queensland, page 105:
    • They advanced in a crouch, dropping to their knees every few yards to pass under a hang of rock. 2014, Matthew Jobin, The Nethergrim, volume 1:
  3. A slackening of motion.
  4. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
  5. An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
    • We sometimes get system hangs.
  6. (figuratively, informal) A grip, understanding.
    • 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 […] 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
  7. (colloquial) A hangout.
    • Then again, a live stream isn’t supposed to be a tight, scripted lecture. It’s supposed to be a good hang. 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
    • He invited us over to his beautiful heritage home in downtown Toronto for a hang. 2021 October 27, Danielle McTaggart (quoted), Chelsea Brimstin, “Dear Rouge share sentimental video for delicate new single 'Life Goes By And I Can’t Keep Up'”, in Indie88, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022:
    • 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. 2008, Jim Norton, Happy Endings, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 25:
    • 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. 2021 April 14, Jen Kirsch, “A Good Hang Lasts No More Than 90 Minutes”, in InStyle, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022:
  8. (colloquial) A person that someone hangs out with.
    • 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. 2004, Relient K, Mark Nichols, The Complex Infrastructure Known as the Female Mind, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 76:
    • And maaaaaaaybe Superman would be a good hang, though I suspect that'd be a lot like hanging out with a youth pastor. 2019, Shea Serrano, Arturo Torres, Movies (And Other Things), Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
    • "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." 2018 July 18, Joe Coscarelli, “How Benny Blanco Became the Most Popular Oddball in Pop Music”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hangs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

not a hang · bear hang · dead hang · harness hang syndrome · have the hang of · get the hang of · give a hang

hang en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /hɛŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hæŋ/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [haŋ] (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • [haŋɡ] ~ [häŋɡ] (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • [hɛːŋ] ~ [hɛəŋ] ~ [heəŋ] ~ [heɪŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [häŋ] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /hæŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [hæŋ] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • [hæːŋ] ~ [heːŋ] (Australia)
  • /haŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [hɛŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • [hæŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hæŋ/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /haŋ/ (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • /hæːŋ/ (Australia)
  • /haŋ/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)

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”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
    • 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. 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0111:
    • The lights hung from the ceiling.
  2. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
    • 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. 2023 September 20, Nigel Harris, “Comment Special: And it's goodbye from me...”, in RAIL, number 992, page 3:
    • The smoke hung in the room.
  3. (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
    • The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside[…] 1979, Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, New South Wales Law Reports (non-fiction), New South Wales: Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, published 1979, page 16:
  4. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, usually) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
  5. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
    • He hung his head in shame.
  6. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
    • 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. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 17:1-2:
    • Hang those lights from the ceiling.
    • to hang a door
  7. (transitive) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
    • 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. 2022 March 10, Peter Lucas, “Lucas: Putin has blood on his hands and The Hague must make him pay”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2022:
    • '[…] 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—' 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
  8. (intransitive) 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.
    • You will hang for this, my friend.
  9. (informal, transitive) (used in maledictions) To damn.
    • 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? c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 1:
    • [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. 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, London: Wordsworth Classics, published 1993, page 11:
  10. (informal, intransitive) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
    • 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. 2006, Scuba Diving, numbers 1-6, page 49:
  11. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  12. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
    • Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery.
  13. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
    • Let's hang the nursery with some new wallpaper.
  14. (figuratively, intransitive) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
    • 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. 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Palace of Green Porcelain”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 110:
  15. (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
    • One obstinate juror can hang a jury.
  16. (intransitive) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
    • When I push this button the program hangs.
    • The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> works.
  17. (transitive) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
    • The program has a bug that can hang the system.
  18. (transitive) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
    • If you move there, you'll hang your rook.
  19. (intransitive) To be vulnerable to capture.
    • In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
  20. (of a pitcher, slang, transitive) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
    • 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. 2010, Peter Golenbock, Dynasty: The New York Yankees, 1949-1964, →ISBN, page 409:
  21. (figuratively, transitive) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
    • 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. 1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
    • 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. 1848, The American Pulpit, volume 3, Samuel Chism, published 1848, page 120:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hangeth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
hangs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hanging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hanged Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
hanged Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
hanged Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
hanged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hanged Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
hanged Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
hanged Tense=Past lexicographic
hangest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
hangedst Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
hung Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
hung Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
hung Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
hung Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hung Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
hung Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
hung Tense=Past lexicographic
hang Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hang VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
hang Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hang Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hang Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hang Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hungest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic

Deriveds

hang a Larry · hang a uey · hanger · hangbird · I'll be hanged · hang over · hang in there · hang by a thread · behang · hang one's lip · give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself · hang one's hat on · hang behind · hang up one's spurs · rehang · hang-glide · hangworthy · hang heavy · hang by the eyelids · straphang · hanging out of one's arse · hang one on · let one's nuts hang · hang the moon · hang over someone's head · hangable · hang dog · hangout · hangnail · hang five · hang back · hang up one's boots · let it all hang out · hang together · hang up · hang a left · give a dog a bad name and hang him · hang up the boots · hang a right · hang glider · hang paper · hang off · hang it · one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb · hangover · hang low · hang by a hair · hang to · hangability · hang with · hang up one's fiddle · hang out to dry · hang a Louie · hanging · hangboard · hang in the balance · overhang · hangle · hang onto · hang a Roger · hang tight · hang about · hangtime · hang around · leave hanging · not enough to hang a dog on · hangwoman · go hang · mishang · hang time · hangee · hang a leg · hangtail · hang, draw and quarter · hang glide · hang out · hangman · hangup · hang round · uphang · hang out one's shingle · hang-by · hang tough · how's your hammer hanging · home is where you hang your hat · hang gliding · hang a Ralph · hang loose · underhang · hang on · hang-up · hang up one's hat · hangtag · hang a shingle · hang me · hang onto your hat · hang-out · hang one's hat · hang on every word · hang-glider · hang in · hangnest · hangdog · hanging rice · hang ten · hang-tough · hang an arse · how's it hanging · hanging ball · hang upon · forhang · unhang · hang fire · hang one's head

Synonyms

be suspend (be or remain suspended) · lock up · drop (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect) · dangle (be or remain suspended) · bedeck (decorate (something) with hanging objects) · hang up (to put a telephone handset back on a hook) · swing · loiter (loiter) · string up · take a ride to Tyburn · freeze (computing: stop responding) · hang out · hang about (loiter) · put up (apply (wallpaper to a wall)) · exhibit (exhibit) · lower (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect) · hover (float as if suspended) · hang around (loiter) · deck (decorate (something) with hanging objects) · hook (to place on a hook) · suspend (cause (something) to be suspended) · lynch (execute (someone) by suspension from the neck) · show (exhibit) · decorate (decorate (something) with hanging objects) · freeze (computing: cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · hook up (to place on a hook) · go to the gallows (be executed) · float (float as if suspended)

Translations (588)

az asılmaq (to be or remain suspended) · ur لٹکنا (to be or remain suspended) · ca bloquejar (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · fr orner (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · mi whakawhata (to cause to be suspended) · th ห้อย (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · gl dependurar (to cause to be suspended) · fa به دار آویختن (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ru ве́шать (to place on a hook) · pl wieszać (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · fi kaatua (computing: to stop responding) · eu zintzilikatu (to cause to be suspended) · az asmaq (to execute by suspension from the neck) · de hängen (chess: to be vulnerable to capture) · ta தூக்கு (to cause to be suspended) · mn дүүжлэх (to cause to be suspended) · af hang (to cause to be suspended) · gl colgar (to place on a hook) · tr asmak (to execute by suspension from the neck) · lmo pend (to be or remain suspended) · pl wisieć (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · yue 掛 /挂 (to be or remain suspended) · eu eseki (to cause to be suspended) · ja 掛ける (to cause to be suspended) · orv висѣти (to be or remain suspended) · fa آویزان بودن (to be or remain suspended) · tg овезон шудан (to be or remain suspended) · fi joutua uhatuksi (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · hu felakaszt (to place on a hook) · mk обеси (to execute by suspension from the neck) · fr pendre (to cause to be suspended) · fr accrocher (to place on a hook) · ru выставля́ть (to exhibit by hanging) · pl powiesić (to execute by suspension from the neck) · af hang (computing: to stop responding) · eo pendumiĝi (to be executed using gallows) · pl zawieszać się (computing: to stop responding) · alt азар (to cause to be suspended) · sh обесити (to execute by suspension from the neck) · af rondhang (informal: to loiter) · bg вися́ (to be or remain suspended) · id heng (computing: to stop responding) · alt илинер (to be or remain suspended) · pl obwiesić (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · vec picar (to be or remain suspended) · zh 掛 /挂 (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · sc pendhere (to be or remain suspended) · ta மாட்டு (to place on a hook) · de henken (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sdn appiccà (to place on a hook) · uz osmoq (to cause to be suspended) · ru выве́шивать (to exhibit by hanging) · fr exposer (to exhibit by hanging) · mi tārore (to be executed using gallows) · sl viseti (to float as if suspended) · ta தொங்கவிடு (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · fo heingja (to execute by suspension from the neck) · nl hangen (to execute by suspension from the neck) · es enhorcar (desus.) (to execute by suspension from the neck) · nl laten vastlopen (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · ru зави́снуть (computing: to stop responding) · izh kuristaa (to execute by suspension from the neck) · vi treo (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · eo surhokigi (to place on a hook) · fi hirttää (to execute by suspension from the neck) · nl ophangen (to cause to be suspended) · th แขวน (to be or remain suspended) · be паве́сіць (to cause to be suspended) · nl (in de lucht) hangen (to float as if suspended) · cs pověsit (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · hu csavarog (informal: to loiter) · bg обе́свам (to execute by suspension from the neck) · cs viset (to be or remain suspended) · eo ĉei (informal: to loiter) · hu bemutat (to exhibit by hanging) · io pendar (to place on a hook) · as ওলোমোৱা (to cause to be suspended) · kk асу (to cause to be suspended) · uk ві́шати (to execute by suspension from the neck) · hu kidekorál (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · ro atârna (to be or remain suspended) · bn ঝোলানো (to place on a hook) · nl hangen (to cause to be suspended) · scn pinnuliari (to be or remain suspended) · scn chiantarisi (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · ru пове́сить (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · es aforcar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · az asmaq (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ru пове́сить (to exhibit by hanging) · sh objesiti (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · cs kousnout se (computing: to stop responding) · as ওলোমা (to be or remain suspended) · th วาง (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · pt estar pendurado (to be or remain suspended) · hu horgaszt (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ja 掛かる (to be or remain suspended) · de herumhängen (informal: to loiter) · tr asılı durmak (to be or remain suspended) · de hängte (to float as if suspended) · be падве́сіць (to cause to be suspended) · hu kószál (informal: to loiter) · ro agăța (to place on a hook) · uk пові́сити (to execute by suspension from the neck) · vo lägön (to cause to be suspended) · mi tārewa (to execute by suspension from the neck) · mi tārore (to execute by suspension from the neck) · bg накла́ням (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · fi jumittaa (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · fi hengailla (informal: to loiter) · nl ophangen (to place on a hook) · eo pendi (to be or remain suspended) · fi roikkua (to remain persistently in one's thoughts) · fi kaataa (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · my ချိတ်ဆွဲ (to cause to be suspended) · bn ফাঁসি দেওয়া (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sl obesiti (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ta சுற்று (informal: to loiter) · bg окача́ (to cause to be suspended) · as জুলোৱা (to cause to be suspended) · hu nem válaszol/reagál (computing: to stop responding) · uk пові́сити (to cause to be suspended) · mk беси (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · uk ві́шати (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · hu lóg (to be or remain suspended) · hu tekereg (informal: to loiter) · be вісе́ць (to be or remain suspended) · hsb wěšeć (to cause to be suspended) · ru пари́ть (to float as if suspended) · es enforcar (desus.) (to execute by suspension from the neck) · nl zweven (to float as if suspended) · hu felakaszt (to cause to be suspended) · oc penjar (to be or remain suspended) · lo ແຂວນ (to cause to be suspended) · sl obesiti (to cause to be suspended) · gl colgar (to be or remain suspended) · fa آویزان شدن (to be or remain suspended) · ru пове́сить (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ru ве́шать (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · fi roikkua (to float as if suspended) · qu araway (to execute by suspension from the neck) · fr planer (to float as if suspended) · hu lehorgaszt (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · hu lebeg (to float as if suspended) · pl powiesić (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · it impiccare (to execute by suspension from the neck) · id heng (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · pt inclinar (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · as অঁৰা (to cause to be suspended) · hi टांगना (to cause to be suspended) · pl obwieszać (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · de herumlungern (informal: to loiter) · sh objesiti (to cause to be suspended) · fa آویزان کردن (to cause to be suspended) · nl behangen (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · ro spânzura (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ru подве́шивать (to cause to be suspended) · hu ütésben van/áll (chess: to be vulnerable to capture) · fr pendre (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ota آصمق (to place on a hook) · es colgar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · qu warkuy (to be or remain suspended) · hu lóg (to be executed using gallows) · nl laten hangen (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · kk асылып тұру (to be or remain suspended) · pl zawisnąć (to be executed using gallows) · de herumdrücken (informal: to loiter) · ru обве́шивать (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · kk ілу (to cause to be suspended) · hu feldíszít (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · ru ошива́ться (informal: to loiter) · sah ыйаа (to cause to be suspended) · gl pender (to be or remain suspended) · th ห้อย (to be or remain suspended) · ar عَلِقَ (to be or remain suspended) · es colgar (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · sk obesiť (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ko 걸리다 (to be or remain suspended) · pl zawieszać (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · nap 'mpiccà (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ota آصمق (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ru пове́сить (to cause to be suspended) · sk vešať (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · alt илер (to cause to be suspended) · gd croch (to cause to be suspended) · de dekorieren (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · vi treo (computing: to stop responding) · nl vastlopen (computing: to stop responding) · mi tare (to be or remain suspended) · ru вы́весить (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · gd croch (to place on a hook) · gl colgar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · de hängen (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · ca penjar-se (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · mi tāepaepa (to cause to be suspended) · eo umi (informal: to loiter) · be павісе́ць (to be or remain suspended) · ja 掛ける (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · tg овехтан (to cause to be suspended) · nl behangen (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · gld локтари (to be or remain suspended) · la pendeō (to be or remain suspended) · la sedeo (to exhibit by hanging) · uk висі́ти (to be or remain suspended) · ko 매달다 (to cause to be suspended) · my ဆွဲ (to be or remain suspended) · af hang (to be or remain suspended) · hu ráakaszt (to place on a hook) · ru подве́сить (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · eo klini (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · tg овезон будан (to be or remain suspended) · fi roikkua hirressä (to be executed using gallows) · hu lógat (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ky асылып туруу (to be or remain suspended) · mn дүүжлэх (to execute by suspension from the neck) · nl hangen (to be executed using gallows) · fr enhucher (to place on a hook) · mi tāepa (to cause to be suspended) · sdc appiccè (to place on a hook) · sh obesiti (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ta தொங்கு (to be or remain suspended) · mn зүүх (to cause to be suspended) · hu lefagy (computing: to stop responding) · sl obesiti (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · eo kroĉi (to place on a hook) · gl colgarse (to be or remain suspended) · de aufhängen (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · vi treo (to be executed using gallows) · be паве́сіць (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sh vješati (to cause to be suspended) · bg окача́ (to place on a hook) · gl pendurar (to place on a hook) · gd croch (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · sv hänga (to execute by suspension from the neck) · vi treo (to cause to be suspended) · de aufhängen (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · ru вы́ставить (to exhibit by hanging) · fr se bloquer (computing: to stop responding) · io pendar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · hi लटकना (to be or remain suspended) · eo pendaĵizi (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · hu cselleng (informal: to loiter) · de hängen (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · pt pendurar (to cause to be suspended) · yue 掛 /挂 (to cause to be suspended) · ta தொங்கவிடு (to cause to be suspended) · ain アッテ (to cause to be suspended) · lo ຫ້ອຍ (to cause to be suspended) · bn ঝোলানো (to cause to be suspended) · af laat hang (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · de hängen (to be or remain suspended) · ky илинип туруу (to be or remain suspended) · pl wieszać (to place on a hook) · ang āhōn (to be or remain suspended) · bg бе́ся (to execute by suspension from the neck) · th วาง (computing: to stop responding) · th แขวนคอ (to execute by suspension from the neck) · eo ŝvebi (to float as if suspended) · hu ütésbe tesz/hoz (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · sro appiccai (to place on a hook) · mi tārona (to execute by suspension from the neck) · hu ütésbe lép/jön/jut/kerül (chess: to be vulnerable to capture) · af hang (to float as if suspended) · nl ophangen (to execute by suspension from the neck) · es ahorcar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sq Var (to place on a hook) · sl obesiti (to place on a hook) · fr peser (to float as if suspended) · it bloccarsi (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · gl enforcar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sv hänga (to be or remain suspended) · af dryf (to float as if suspended) · sv hänga (informal: to loiter) · fi jäätyä (computing: to stop responding) · be ве́шаць (to cause to be suspended) · ota آصمق (to cause to be suspended) · nap appenne (to cause to be suspended) · tyz các (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · nl hangen (to be or remain suspended) · tr asmak (to cause to be suspended) · it appendere (to place on a hook) · pt pairar (to float as if suspended) · cs svěsit (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · sh објесити (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · eo pendumi (to execute by suspension from the neck) · tr asılı olmak (to be or remain suspended) · vi treo (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sq Vjerr (geg) (to place on a hook) · pt andar (informal: to loiter) · ru пове́сить (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · eo frostigi (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · de aufhängen (to cause to be suspended) · de hängen (computing: to stop responding) · ca penjar (to be or remain suspended) · scn pinnuliari (to execute by suspension from the neck) · hu függeszt (to cause to be suspended) · evn локоми (to be or remain suspended) · hu felakasztják (to be executed using gallows) · ar عَلَّق (to cause to be suspended) · es colgar (to place on a hook) · mk закачува (to cause to be suspended) · ru зависа́ть (computing: to stop responding) · mn унжуулах (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · chr ᎦᏔ (to be or remain suspended) · ru пове́сить (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ar عَلَّق (to place on a hook) · tg баркашидан (to cause to be suspended) · mba bitay (to be or remain suspended) · pl wisieć (to be executed using gallows) · hu függeszt (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ru ве́шать (to cause to be suspended) · atv илерге (to cause to be suspended) · nl hangen (computing: to stop responding) · az sallanmaq (to be or remain suspended) · de behängen (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · th ห้อย (to cause to be suspended) · nb henge (to be or remain suspended) · scn penniri (to execute by suspension from the neck) · mk закачи (to cause to be suspended) · ca encallar-se (computing: to stop responding) · hu felrak (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · grc κρεμάννυμαι (to be or remain suspended) · sh објесити (to execute by suspension from the neck) · gd croch (to be or remain suspended) · az donmaq (computing: to stop responding) · ca penjar (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ta தூக்கிலிடு (to execute by suspension from the neck) · vi treo (to place on a hook) · sq var (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · sk vešať (to execute by suspension from the neck) · fr ramer (computing: to stop responding) · gl colgar (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · sc appiccare (to place on a hook) · tl ibitin (to be or remain suspended) · he תָּלָה (to cause to be suspended) · hsb wisać (to be or remain suspended) · hil bitay (to be or remain suspended) · uk ві́шати (to place on a hook) · ru уве́шать (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · as আঁৰা (to cause to be suspended) · uk пові́сити (to place on a hook) · ta தொங்கவிடு (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · de aufhängen (to place on a hook) · zh 懸 /悬 (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · pl wieszać (to cause to be suspended) · ru ве́шать (to exhibit by hanging) · ur لٹکانا (to cause to be suspended) · fr suspendre (to cause to be suspended) · fi roikuttaa (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · pt pendurar (to place on a hook) · de aufhängen (to be executed using gallows) · tg овезон кардан (to cause to be suspended) · ka ჩამოკიდება (to cause to be suspended) · mi tākawe (to float as if suspended) · fr laisser pendre (to cause to be suspended) · sh обесити (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · vec pénder (to be or remain suspended) · pt suspender (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ar عِلِق (to be or remain suspended) · grc κρεμάννυμι (to cause to be suspended) · fa دار زدن (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ru подве́сить (to place on a hook) · af ophang (to exhibit by hanging) · tr boşa koymak (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · pl wisieć się (chess: to be vulnerable to capture) · fr pendre (to be or remain suspended) · ba эленеү (to be or remain suspended) · km ព្យួរ (to be or remain suspended) · hy կախվել (to be or remain suspended) · nl rondhangen (informal: to loiter) · ar شَنَق (to execute by suspension from the neck) · az sallanmaq (to float as if suspended) · got 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (to cause to be suspended) · pt travar (computing: to stop responding) · pl zawiesić (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · eo pendigi (to place on a hook) · ru висе́ть (to be or remain suspended) · es colgarse (computing: to stop responding) · ta ஒட்டு (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · qu warkui (to be or remain suspended) · cs zamrznout (computing: to stop responding) · be ве́шаць (to execute by suspension from the neck) · vi làm treo (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · km ព្យួរ (to cause to be suspended) · sl viseti (informal: to loiter) · sk visieť (to be or remain suspended) · gd croch (to be executed using gallows) · eo elmontri (to exhibit by hanging) · bn ভাসা (to float as if suspended) · ru ве́шать (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · sh objesiti (to execute by suspension from the neck) · es colgar (to cause to be suspended) · bg ока́чвам (to place on a hook) · yi הענגען (to be or remain suspended) · hu felakaszt (to execute by suspension from the neck) · be ве́шаць (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · pl podstawiać (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · eo frostiĝi (computing: to stop responding) · hu akaszt (to place on a hook) · nl opgehangen worden (to be executed using gallows) · gl colgar (to be executed using gallows) · fi jumittua (computing: to stop responding) · mk виси (to be or remain suspended) · it essere impiccato (to execute by suspension from the neck) · gl colgar (to cause to be suspended) · cs pověsit (to cause to be suspended) · ru выве́шивать (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · zh 掛 /挂 (to be or remain suspended) · af behang (to decorate (something) with hanging objects) · th แขวน (to place on a hook) · tg овехтан (to be or remain suspended) · gl pendurar (to cause to be suspended) · uz ilmoq (to cause to be suspended) · te ఉరితీయబడు (to execute by suspension from the neck) · fi levyttää (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · mnc ᡶᠠᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ (to execute by suspension from the neck) · sl viseti (to be or remain suspended) · it pendere (to be or remain suspended) · ta செயலிழ (computing: to stop responding) · hu mászkál (informal: to loiter) · da hænge (to be or remain suspended) · pl sterczeć (informal: to loiter) · ce олла (to be or remain suspended) · ru ре́ять (to float as if suspended) · ta தூக்கிலிடு (to be executed using gallows) · ta தொங்கவிடு (to exhibit by hanging) · inh олла (to be or remain suspended) · hu lófrál (informal: to loiter) · gl enforcar (to be executed using gallows) · af ophang (to place on a hook) · fr se figer (computing: to stop responding) · ca penjar-se (computing: to stop responding) · fr traîner (informal: to loiter) · de hängen (to execute by suspension from the neck) · pt estar suspenso (to be or remain suspended) · de hängen (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · te వేలాడదీయు (to cause to be suspended) · te వేలాడు (to be or remain suspended) · mi whakairi (to cause to be suspended) · cs pověsit (to place on a hook) · hu akaszt (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ang āhōn (to be executed using gallows) · ru ве́шать (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · fi roikottaa (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · scn chiantarisi (chess: to be vulnerable to capture) · zh 掛 /挂 (to cause to be suspended) · qu haraway (to execute by suspension from the neck) · fi roikkua (informal: to loiter) · fi riippua (to be or remain suspended) · zh 懸掛 /悬挂 (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · pt pendurar (to exhibit by hanging) · ka კიდება (to be or remain suspended) · km បន្តោក (to cause to be suspended) · it bloccarsi (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · ca bloquejar-se (computing: to stop responding) · pl wisieć (to be or remain suspended) · sq var (to cause to be suspended) · lo ແຂວນ (to be or remain suspended) · ru висе́ть (to float as if suspended) · ru выве́сить (to exhibit by hanging) · bn ঝোলা (to be or remain suspended) · is hanga (to be or remain suspended) · ko 걸다 (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · cs vystavit (chess: to cause to become vulnerable to capture) · fi roikkua (to be or remain suspended) · be падве́шваць (to cause to be suspended) · it bloccarsi (chess: to be vulnerable to capture) · mn унжих (to be or remain suspended) · uz osilib turmoq (to be or remain suspended) · eve ноктай (to be or remain suspended) · fr être suspendu (to be or remain suspended) · fa آویختن (to cause to be suspended) · ca encallar (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · as জুলা (to be or remain suspended) · fi ripustaa (to place on a hook) · bn ফাঁসি দেওয়া (to be executed using gallows) · ba аҫыу (to execute by suspension from the neck) · be паве́сіць (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · or ଝୁଲାଇବା (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · gd croch (to execute by suspension from the neck) · ky илүү (to cause to be suspended) · pl zawiesić się (computing: to stop responding) · bg ока́чвам (to cause to be suspended) · scn penniri (to be or remain suspended) · hu felragaszt (to apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)) · hy կախվել (computing: to stop responding) · az asmaq (to cause to be suspended) · hu akaszt (to cause to be suspended) · it appendere (to cause to be suspended) · ru пове́сить (to place on a hook) · sh висити (to be or remain suspended) · pt parar (computing: to cause (a program or computer) to stop responding) · ru подве́сить (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · tl bitin (to be or remain suspended) · cs oběsit (to execute by suspension from the neck) · fur pendâ (to be or remain suspended) · hu lehajt (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position) · ru слоня́ться (informal: to loiter) · el κρεμάω (to be or remain suspended) · as ওলমোৱা (to cause to be suspended) · uk пові́сити (to hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position)

hang en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /hɛŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hæŋ/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [haŋ] (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • [haŋɡ] ~ [häŋɡ] (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • [hɛːŋ] ~ [hɛəŋ] ~ [heəŋ] ~ [heɪŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [häŋ] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /hæŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [hæŋ] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • [hæːŋ] ~ [heːŋ] (Australia)
  • /haŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [hɛŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • [hæŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hæŋ/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /haŋ/ (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • /hæːŋ/ (Australia)
  • /haŋ/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, derogatory, informal, uncountable) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

hang en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /hɛŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hæŋ/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [haŋ] (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • [haŋɡ] ~ [häŋɡ] (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • [hɛːŋ] ~ [hɛəŋ] ~ [heəŋ] ~ [heɪŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [häŋ] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /hæŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [hæŋ] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • [hæːŋ] ~ [heːŋ] (Australia)
  • /haŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [hɛŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • [hæŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hæŋ/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /haŋ/ (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • /hæːŋ/ (Australia)
  • /haŋ/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”).
    alt of Hang

hang en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /hɛŋ/ (New-Zealand)
  • /hæŋ/ US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [haŋ] (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • [haŋɡ] ~ [häŋɡ] (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • (US) audio
  • [hɛːŋ] ~ [hɛəŋ] ~ [heəŋ] ~ [heɪŋ] US, Canada, æ-raising
  • [häŋ] (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)
  • /hæŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [hæŋ] New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • [hæːŋ] ~ [heːŋ] (Australia)
  • /haŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • [hɛŋ] (New-Zealand)
  • [hæŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hæŋ/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • /haŋ/ (British, Midlands, Southern, Standard)
  • /hæːŋ/ (Australia)
  • /haŋ/ (Northern-England, Scotland, Wales)

Etymology

Alteration of dang, itself a minced oath of damn.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
    • I don't give a hang.
    • They don't seem to care a hang about the consequences.

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