hang

See also Hang, hāng, háng, hǎng, hàng, and häng

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A fusion of Old English hōn (“to hang, be hanging”) [intrans.] and hangian (“to hang, cause to hang”) [trans.]; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“suspend”) and hanga (“be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keng- (“to waver, be in suspense”) (compare Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hāhan), Hittite gang- (“to hang”), Sanskrit sankate (“wavers”), Latin cunctari (“to delay”)) and Albanian çengë (“a hook”).

Verb

hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle hung or hanged (mostly archaic and legal – see usage))

  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. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
    He hung his head in shame.
  4. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.
    Hang those lights from the ceiling.
  5. (transitive, law) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
    The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
  6. (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.
  7. (intransitive, informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
    Are you busy, or can you hang with me?
    I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
  8. (transitive) To exhibit (an object).
  9. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
    Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery
  10. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  11. (intransitive, figuratively) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
      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 saltpeter; 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. As for the rest of the contents of that place, though on the whole they were the best preserved of all I saw—I had little interest. I am no specialist in mineralogy, and I soon went on down a very ruinous aisle running parallel to the first hall I had entered.
  12. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse.
    The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> works.
    When I push this button the program hangs.
  13. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
    The program has a bug that can hang the system.
  14. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
    If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook.
  15. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
    In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
Synonyms
Usage notes
  • Formerly, at least through the 16th century, the past tense of hang was hanged. This form is retained for the legal senses "to be executed by suspension from the neck" and "to execute by suspension from the neck" and hung for all other meanings. However, this rule is not uniformly understood or observed. Hung is sometimes substituted for hanged, which would be considered inappropriate in legal or other formal writing (for the applicable senses only) or, more rarely, vice versa. See also the etymology – in Old English there were separate words for transitive (whence "hanged") and intransitive (whence "hung").
  • "Hanged" may sometimes be used as the simple past tense, but "hung" could be taken as the past participle of "hang", though there is no good rationale for this distinction.
Derived terms
Terms derived from hang (verb)
Translations
be or remain suspended
float as if suspended
hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect
cause (something) to be suspended
place on a hook
execute (someone) by suspension from the neck
to be executed using gallows
informal: loiter
exhibit (an object)
apply (wallpaper to a wall)
decorate (something) with hanging objects
computing: stop responding
computing: cause (a program or computer) to stop responding
chess: be vulnerable to capture
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Noun

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  1. The way in which something hangs.
    This skirt has a nice hang.
  2. (figuratively) A grip, understanding
    He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations
  3. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
    We sometimes get system hangs.
  4. (music) An idiophone somewhat similar to a steelpan
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich.

Noun

hang (uncountable)

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

Noun

hang

  1. A slope
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

hang c (plural hangen, diminutive hangetje)

  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

Related terms

Verb

hang

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

Etymology

From an unattested stem with the suffix -g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈhɒŋɡ/

Noun

hang (plural hangok)

  1. A voice
    felemeli a hangját - raise one's voice
  2. A sound
    lépések hangja - the sound of footsteps

Declension

declension of hang
singular plural
nominative hang hangok
accusative hangot hangokat
dative hangnak hangoknak
instrumental hanggal hangokkal
causal-final hangért hangokért
translative hanggá hangokká
terminative hangig hangokig
essive-formal hangként hangokként
essive-modal - -
inessive hangban hangokban
superessive hangon hangokon
adessive hangnál hangoknál
illative hangba hangokba
sublative hangra hangokra
allative hanghoz hangokhoz
elative hangból hangokból
delative hangról hangokról
ablative hangtól hangoktól
possessives of hang
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. hangom hangjaim
2nd person sing. hangod hangjaid
3rd person sing. hangja hangjai
1st person plural hangunk hangjaink
2nd person plural hangotok hangjaitok
3rd person plural hangjuk hangjaik

Derived terms

Compound words
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Italian

Noun

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hang m (invariable)

  1. (music) hang
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Mandarin

Romanization

hang

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

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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