Definition of hang in English English dictionary
- A musical instrument in the idiophone class, made from two deep drawn nitrided steel sheets that are attached together in a 'UFO shape'
- To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck
The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
- To float, as if suspended
The smoke hung in the room.
- To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding
The program has a bug that can hang the system.
- To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall)
Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery.
- 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.
- To exhibit (an object)
- A grip, understanding
He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations.
- To be vulnerable to capture
In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
- To be or remain suspended
The lights hung from the ceiling.
- To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like
Hang those lights from the ceiling.
- To decorate (something) with hanging objects
- To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse
When I push this button the program hangs.
- The way in which something hangs
This skirt has a nice hang.
- An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices
We sometimes get system hangs.
- To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly
I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
- To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect
He hung his head in shame.
- To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture
If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook.
- Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches
- {v} to fix upon, put choke, adorn, float, drag
- To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner
- let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"
- If someone is hanged or if they hang, they are killed, usually as a punishment, by having a rope tied around their neck and the support taken away from under their feet. The five were expected to be hanged at 7 am on Tuesday It is right that their murderers should hang He hanged himself two hours after arriving at a mental hospital. + hanging hangings hang·ing Four steamboat loads of spectators came to view a hanging in New Orleans
- to place on a hook
- To play the sixth domino of a suit when the double has not yet been played, because the person holding the double will never be able to play it This is a devestating play which is quite fun to make, and is the reason beginners are urged to get rid of their doubles as soon as possible
- A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands
- bent: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
- In a handy manner; skillfully; conveniently
- To hold for support; to depend; to cling; usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point
- A handkerchief
- If something such as someone's breath or smoke hangs in the air, it remains there without appearing to move or change position. His breath was hanging in the air before him
- When a modem fails to hang up
- A sharp or steep declivity or slope
- Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground
- of meat, in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days"
- To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"
- When a bulletin board all of a sudden starts to do nothing That is, it will not accept calls or even let the SysOp type anything until the computer is reset This can be caused by a problem with the BBS software, or the computer itself
- If a possibility hangs over you, it worries you and makes your life unpleasant or difficult because you think it might happen. A constant threat of unemployment hangs over thousands of university researchers see also hanging, hung
- To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures, trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; said of a wall, a room, etc
- A crash where the Mac ignores input from the mouse and keyboard Sometimes you can escape with the force quit command; otherwise you must restart the Mac Also called a freeze Compare bomb
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to exhibit (a painting)
- To be, or be like, a suspended weight
- To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc
- be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
- Refers to a sudden loss of function in an application The screen appears to be frozen in place, and will not respond to commands entered via keyboard or mouse In Windows, a hang can sometimes be remedied by pressing the Control, Alt and Delete keys at the same time Related terms: Application, Command, Keyboard, Mouse, Window, Windows
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- The form hung is used as the past tense and past participle. The form hanged is used as the past tense for meaning 5
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
- A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth
- Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse
- be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
- A kind of computer crash that makes communication between the keyboard and computer impossible with the exception of utilising the CTRL-ALT-DEL function Doing so will offer the user the option to close the active application or reboot the computer
- To "hang up" means to disconnect a telephone call
- If something hangs in a high place or position, or if you hang it there, it is attached there so it does not touch the ground. Notices painted on sheets hang at every entrance small hanging lanterns They saw a young woman come out of the house to hang clothes on a line. Hang up means the same as hang. I found his jacket, which was hanging up in the hallway Some prisoners climbed onto the roof and hung up a banner
- A man skilled or employed in handcraft
- To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or h
- fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
- to cause (something) to be suspended
- To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame
- be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
- cling: hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- cf crash
- by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one obstinate juror can hang a jury
- To lean or incline; to incline downward
- When a modem fails to hang up Home Page-- The document displayed when you first open Mosaic Home Page also refers to the first document you come to at a Web site Hotlists-- Lists of frequently used Web locations and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) Header--The header is information that appears at the top of an electronic mail message Host--A computer that allows users to communicate with other host computers on a network Individual users communicate by using application programs, such as electronic mail, TELNET, and FTP
- To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension
- to hang by a thread: see thread. get the hang of sth to learn how to do something or use something
- If something hangs loose or hangs open, it is partly fixed in position, but is not firmly held, supported, or controlled, often in such a way that it moves freely. her long golden hair which hung loose about her shoulders
- hang a Louie
- Make a left turn while driving a vehicle
Hang a Louie up at the next stoplight.
- hang a Ralph
- Make a right turn while driving a vehicle
Hang a Ralph up at the next stoplight.
- hang a left
- To turn left, to take a left turn
Hang a left at the next intersection.
- hang a leg
- Hesitate; hang back
- hang a right
- To turn right, to take a right turn
Hang a right at the next intersection.
- hang about
- to spend time or be friends (especially to hang about with someone)
My daughter likes to hang about with older kids after school.
- hang about
- to stay, linger or loiter
Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head in some secluded spot outside the city proper, famished loiterers of the Thames embankment category they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garrotted.
- hang an arse
- to hang back, to be afraid to advance
- hang around
- to stay, linger or loiter
If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
- hang around
- to spend time or be friends (especially to hang around with someone)
My daughter likes to hang around with older kids after school.
- hang by a thread
- To be in danger, calling for precise caution; to be in a precarious situation
- hang dog
- To hang on the rope after falling off a climb
- hang dog
- A rascal, one fit to hang from a rope (hanged) like a dog
- hang fire
- To wait or hold back
We were told to hang fire on the decision until management came back with a proposal.
- hang fire
- the situation when a gun does not fire when the trigger is pulled, but may fire several seconds later
- hang fires
- plural form of hang fire
- hang five
- To perform a longboard move where the surfer goes to the front of the board and rides from there, one foot on the nose and the five toes of that foot extended out over the front of the nose, the other foot placed further back
- hang glider
- An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness
- hang glider
- The rider of such a craft
- hang gliding
- Present participle of hang glide
- hang gliding
- The sport of flying in a hang glider
- hang in
- To remain in a particular place or status
- hang in the balance
- To be in a precarious situation, unsure of the future
His life was left hanging in the balance after being shot in the side.
- hang on
- To hold, grasp, or grip
Hang on to the handle so you don't drop it.
- hang on
- To wait a moment (usually imperative)
Hang on. Let me check.
- hang on
- To pay close attention
The audience hangs on his every word.
- hang on
- To keep; to store something for someone
Hang on to my jacket until I get back.
- hang on
- To continually believe in something; to have faith in
He's got a philosophy he hangs on to.
- hang on
- To persevere
Just hang on and keep going; this pain won't last forever.
- hang on every word
- To be completely attentive to what another person is saying
- hang out
- To spend time doing nothing in particular
He hung out with his friends all day yesterday.
- hang out one's shingle
- to open an office or business, especially in a profession
She's good enough at fixing vacuum cleaners that she should hang out her shingle and try making some money at it.
- hang out to dry
- To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent
Without supplemental health insurance, we would have been hung out to dry.
- hang out to dry
- To attach washing to a clothesline to dry
- hang paper
- To write a bad check
He's been hanging paper all over town: nobody wants to even talk to him any more.
- hang ten
- To perform a stunt on a longboard in which a surfer moves to the front of the board and rides with ten toes extended out over the nose, after positioning the board so the back of it is covered and held in place by a wave
- hang the moon
- To place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation
But there's no use crying over spilled perfume.
- hang tight
- To remain in one's current location
- hang time
- The duration that something stays in the air. Usually refers an athlete or something thrown or kicked
- hang times
- plural form of hang time
- hang tough
- To remain strong-willed or brave, especially when experiencing duress or adversity
But Hoop Dreams isn't mainly about sport, or even about life and death in the inner city. It's about families hanging tough on nerve and prayer.
- hang up
- To terminate a telephone call
When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.
- hang up
- To put up to hang
I hung up my washing on the line.
- hang up one's boots
- retire, call it a day
- hang-by
- A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt - B. Jonson
- hang-dog
- Alternative spelling of hang dog
- hang-glide
- To fly a hang glider
- hang-glider
- hang glider (plane)
- hang-glider
- hang glider (person)
- hang-gliding
- Alternative spelling of hang gliding
- hang-loose sign
- The shaka, a gesture made with a fist with the thumb and little finger extended
- hang-up
- an unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch
- hang-up
- an emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex
- hang loose
- relax, be at ease; wait patiently; take it easy (Informal)
- hang it all
- Damn it all!
- hang gliding
- (Spor) Fly by means of a hang glider, soar
- hang gliding
- (Spor) Gliding in a hang glider
- hang in there
- Persevere, don't give up. "You should hang in there and don't quit your job just because you don't like the supervisor."
- hang it
- An exclamation used to express annoyance or disappointment. "Oh, hang it! I forgot to bring the book I wanted to show you.", "Hang it all, why don't you watch where you're going?"
- hang tight
- Persevere, persist
- hang tough
- (deyim) Be or remain inflexible or firmly resolved
- hang-up
- A source of mental or emotional difficulty broadly
- hanged
- Simple past tense and past participle of hang
- hanging
- Present participle of hang
- hanging
- The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to execute that person (or to commit suicide)
Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
- hung
- Simple past tense and past participle of hang
- hung
- Having hanging additions or appendages
- hung
- Suspended by hanging
- hung
- Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party
- hung
- Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial
- hung
- Having a large penis (often preceded by an adverb, e.g. well hung)
- hung
- Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer
- hung
- having a penis of a certain size
- hangings
- {n} ornaments hung against walls
- hang on to
- Hold tightly, keep firmly. "Please hang on to your hats or the strong wind will blow them off."
- Hanging
- pendant
- Hung
- heng
- hang about
- linger, pass time, loiter; spend time with
- hang around
- If you hang around, hang about, or hang round, you stay in the same place doing nothing, usually because you are waiting for something or someone. He got sick of hanging around waiting for me On Saturdays we hang about in the park. those people hanging round the streets at 6 am with nowhere to go
- hang around
- If you hang around, hang about, or hang round with someone or in a particular place, you spend a lot of time with that person or in that place. They usually hung around together most of the time Helen used to hang round with the boys. the usual young crowd who hung around the cafe day in and day out
- hang around
- be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
- hang around
- linger, pass time, loiter; spend time with
- hang back
- to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
- hang back
- be reluctant to proceed, hesitate; drag or fall behind others who are proceeding
- hang back
- If a person or organization hangs back, they do not do something immediately. They will then hang back on closing the deal Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer
- hang back
- If you hang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something. I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands
- hang gliding
- Sport of flying in unpowered aircraft that are light enough to be carried by the pilot. Takeoff is usually achieved by launching into the air from a cliff or hill. Hang gliders were developed by the pioneers of practical flight. In Germany, starting in 1891, Otto Lilienthal made several thousand flights before a fatal gliding accident in 1896. In the U.S. collaboration between Augustus Herring and Octave Chanute resulted in successful flights of a biplane hang glider in 1896. Modern hang gliding emerged toward the end of the 1960s. In the early 1960s enthusiasts in California were gliding down coastal dunes on homebuilt delta-shaped wings they had adapted from kite designs developed by Francis and Gertrude Rogallo. The Rogallos' kites had attracted attention because of NASA's interest in using them for spacecraft retrieval. By the early 1970s the sport had spread throughout the U.S. and into Europe. World championships in hang gliding have been held and records kept since 1975
- hang in
- be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
- hang in there
- {f} keep a stiff upper lip; keep on, be patient
- hang on
- fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"
- hang on
- If you hang on to or hang onto something that gives you an advantage, you succeed in keeping it for yourself, and prevent it from being taken away or given to someone else. The British driver was unable to hang on to his lead The company has been struggling to hang onto its sales force
- hang on
- hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder
- hang on
- If you ask someone to hang on, you ask them to wait or stop what they are doing or saying for a moment. Can you hang on for a minute? Hang on a sec. I'll come with you. = hold on
- hang on
- {f} persist, persevere, hold out; hold on to something
- hang on
- If one thing hangs on another, it depends on it in order to be successful. Much hangs on the success of the collaboration between the Group of Seven governments and Brazil. = depend
- hang on
- hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"
- hang on
- If you hang on to or hang onto something, you keep it for a longer time than you would normally expect. You could, alternatively, hang onto it in the hope that it will be worth millions in 10 years time In the present climate, owners are hanging on to old ships
- hang on
- If you hang on to or hang onto something, you hold it very tightly, for example to stop it falling or to support yourself. She was conscious of a second man hanging on to the rail. a flight stewardess who helped save the life of a pilot by hanging onto his legs He hangs on tightly, his arms around my neck. = cling
- hang on
- If you hang on, you manage to survive, achieve success, or avoid failure in spite of great difficulties or opposition. Manchester United hung on to take the Cup
- hang on
- be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
- hang out
- spend time in a certain location or with certain people; "She hangs out at the corner cafe
- hang out
- {i} dwelling place, "pad" (Slang); place one frequently visits
- hang out
- {f} hang around, spend time in a certain place; spend time with certain people; reside, live; put something outside (on a clothes line etc.); display in full view (sign, notice, etc.)
- hang out
- If you hang out clothes that you have washed, you hang them on a clothes line to dry. I was worried I wouldn't be able to hang my washing out
- hang out
- spend time in a certain location or with certain people; "She hangs out at the corner cafe"
- hang out
- If you hang out in a particular place or area, you go and stay there for no particular reason, or spend a lot of time there. I often used to hang out in supermarkets We can just hang out and have a good time. see also hangout
- hang out with
- sped time together with, pass the time with, associate with
- hang over
- {f} be imminent; dangle from; suspend; stay suspended
- hang together
- be connected; "In my heart I can make the world hang together"
- hang together
- be connected; "In my heart I can make the world hang together
- hang together
- stay together as a group, remain united, stand by one another
- hang up
- cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall"
- hang up
- see hang 1
- hang up
- interrupt a telephone conversation
- hang up
- put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
- hang up
- hang, suspend; end a telephone conversation
- hang up
- You can use hang up to indicate that someone stops doing a particular sport or activity that they have regularly done over a long period. For example, when a footballer hangs up his boots, he stops playing football. Keegan announced he was hanging up his boots for good see also hang-up, hung up
- hang up
- If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call. If you hang up on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly. Mum hung up the phone Don't hang up! He said he'd call again, and hung up on me
- hang up
- interrupt a telephone conversation put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
- hanged
- {s} executed or killed by hanging; suspended
- hanged
- Past tense and past participle of hang
- hanged
- executed by hanging
- hanging
- The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged
- hanging
- A slang term for leaving a piece en prise
- hanging
- Death by suspension; execution by a halter
- hanging
- Suspending meat or game in a cool, dry place until it is tender
- hanging
- Anything wide, high and rather thin that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, wallpaper or posters)
- hanging
- decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
- hanging
- A public event at which a person is hanged
- hanging
- Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges
- hanging
- or to cover or drape a door or window; used chiefly in the plural
- hanging
- a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
- hanging
- decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"
- hanging
- Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter
- hanging
- The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended
- hanging
- simultaneously attacked and unprotected A related term is en prise
- hanging
- That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc
- hanging
- A hanging is a large piece of cloth that you put as a decoration on a wall
- hanging
- Suspended
- hanging
- {s} located on a sharp descent or slope; overhanging; suitable to hold something that hangs; that deserves death by hanging
- hanging
- {i} act of suspending; act of executing by suspending by the neck (from a gallows, gibbet, etc.); something that is hung (such as drapes, tapestry, etc.); descending slope, inclination going down
- hanging
- Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves
- hanging
- A lie where the ball is above the golfer's feet Also what happens to a golfer caught using a hand mashie
- hanging
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
- hangings
- drapes that are hung, tapestry that is hung; decoration hanging over a window or on a wall
- hangings
- plural of hanging
- hangs
- third-person singular of hang
- hung
- (usually followed by `with' or used in a combining form) having items suspended on or from a support; "walls hung with valuable paintings"; "a vine-hung trellis"
- hung
- of Hang
- hung
- {s} suspended; attached; executed by suspending by the neck with a rope; unable to reach a unanimous decision (about a jury); stuck, locked up (about a computer); (Slang) having a large penis (vulgar)