hang

Pronunciation

• enPR: hăng, IPA: /hæŋ/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA: (see /æ/ raising) [heɪŋ]

Verb

hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle hung or (legal) hanged)

1. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
   • The lights hung from the ceiling.
2. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
   • The smoke hung in the room.
3. (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
4. (intransitive, of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) 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.
   • Hang those lights from the ceiling.
   • to hang a door
7. (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
   • The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
8. (intransitive, law) 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. (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
10. (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
    • Synonym: hang out
    • I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
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. (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
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, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
    • The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> works.
    • When I push this button the program hangs.
17. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
    • The program has a bug that can hang the system.
18. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
    • If you move there, you'll hang your rook.
19. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
    • In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
20. (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
21. (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).

Noun

hang (plural hangs)

1. The way in which something hangs.
   • This skirt has a nice hang.
2. A mass of hanging material.
3. A slackening of motion.
4. A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
5. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
   • We sometimes get system hangs.
6. (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
7. (colloquial)
   1. 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.
   2. A hangout.
   3. A person that someone hangs out with.

Noun

hang (uncountable)

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

Noun

hang

1. Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”)

Anagrams

• Ghan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɦaŋ/

Verb

hang (present hang, present participle hangende, past participle gehang)

1. (transitive and intransitive) to hang

Derived terms

• hang af (van) (“to depend (on)”)

Noun

hang (plural hange)

1. slope

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haːŋ/

Noun

hang 

1. bank, shore

Alternative forms

• halang

Adjective

hang

1. hot; pungent; spicy

Pronunciation

Verb

hang

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for hang機／hang机 (“(computing) to hang; to freeze”).

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈhɑŋˀ]

Noun

hang c (singular definite hangen, not used in plural form)

1. inclination or disposition towards something
   • Manden har hang til raseri.

     • The man is disposed towards rage.

Verb

hang

1. past tense of hænge

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɦɑŋ/

Noun

hang c (plural hangen, diminutive hangetje n)

1. A support for hanging objects, such as a nail for a picture frame
2. A place to dry or smoke produce
3. A tendency, knack

Verb

hang

1. first-person singular present indicative of hangen
2. imperative of hangen

Noun

hang (genitive hangu, partitive hangu)

1. fork

Noun

hang (genitive hange, partitive hange)

1. snowdrift; blanket of snow

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈhɒŋɡ]

Noun

hang (plural hangok)

1. voice
   • felemeli a hangját ― to raise one's voice
2. sound
   • lépések hangja ― the sound of footsteps

Noun

hang f

1. h-prothesized form of ang

Noun

hang m (invariable)

1. (music) Hang

Pronunciation

IPA: /häŋ/

Pronoun

hang (Jawi spelling هڠ‎)

1. (dialectal) (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. (dialectal) (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject.

Romanization

hang

1. Nonstandard spelling of hāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of háng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hàng.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haːŋ¹/

Noun

hang

1. (Mường Bi) cave

Adjective

hang

1. (Mường Bi) roasted

Verb

hang

1. (Mường Bi) to roast

Adjective

hang

1. (Mường Bi) boiled

Verb

hang

1. (intransitive) simple past of henge

Verb

hang

1. past of henga

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [haːŋ˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [haːŋ˦]

Noun

hang (𭯢)

1. tail

Verb

hang

1. to cook; to fry

Adverb

hang

1. not yet

Pronunciation

IPA: /haːŋ¹/

Noun

hang

1. (Cuối Chăm) cave

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA: [haːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA: [haːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [haːŋ˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) hang • (𡎟, 馨, 𧯄, 𧯅, 𥧎)

1. cave
   • Synonym: động
2. den

Anagrams

• ganh

Noun

hang

1. A person that hangs out.