hang

hang

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: hăng, IPA(key): /hæŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

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), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄han and *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja (“to suspend”) and hanga (“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic *hanhaną, *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”).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
  2. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
  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.
  6. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
  7. (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
  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.
  9. (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
  10. (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
    Synonym: hang out
  11. (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  12. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
  13. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  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.
  16. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
  17. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  18. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  19. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
  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.).
Usage notes
  • Formerly, at least until the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of hang was hanged (see quote from King James Bible, above). This form is retained for the legal senses “to be executed by suspension from the neck” and “to execute by suspension from the neck”, with hung used for all other meanings. hung is sometimes also used in the legal senses, but is proscribed in legal or other formal writing (for those senses). Rarely, hanged is used for non-legal senses as well, which is also proscribed. Either hanged or hung can be used for suicidal hangings, with hung being slightly more common. See also the etymology.
Synonyms
  • (be or remain suspended): be suspended, dangle
  • (float as if suspended): float, hover
  • (execute (someone) by suspension from the neck): lynch, string up; see also Thesaurus:kill by hanging
  • (be executed): go to the gallows, swing (informal), take a ride to Tyburn (archaic); see also Thesaurus:die by hanging
  • (loiter): hang about, hang around, loiter
  • (computing: stop responding): freeze, lock up
  • (cause (something) to be suspended): suspend
  • (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect): drop, lower
  • (to place on a hook): hook, hook up
  • (to put a telephone handset back on a hook): hang up
  • (exhibit): exhibit, show
  • (apply (wallpaper to a wall)): put up
  • (decorate (something) with hanging objects): bedeck, deck, decorate
  • (computing: cause (a program or computer) to stop responding): freeze, lock up
  • (in chess: cause to become vulnerable to capture):
  • (in chess: be vulnerable to capture):
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

hang (plural hangs)

  1. The way in which something hangs.
  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.
  6. (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
  7. (colloquial)
    1. The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
    2. A hangout.
    4. A person that someone hangs out with.
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.

Etymology 3

Noun

hang

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

Anagrams

  • Gahn, Ghan

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦaŋ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch hangen, a merger of Middle Dutch hangen and haen.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to hang
Derived terms
  • hang af (van) (“to depend (on)”)

Etymology 2

From Dutch hang.

Noun

hang (plural hange)

  1. slope
Synonyms
  • helling

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Central Bahnaric *haːŋ, from Chamic. Compare Eastern Cham ꨨꩃ (hang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haːŋ/

Noun

hang 

  1. bank, shore

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaŋ/ [ˈhaŋ]

Adjective

háng (Badlit spelling ᜑᜅ᜔)

  1. (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte) Alternative form of halang

Chinese

Etymology

From English hang.

Pronunciation

Verb

hang

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for hang機／hang机 (heng1 gei1).

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈhɑŋˀ]

  • Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ

Etymology 1

From German Hang, a noun derived from the verb hangen (see hängen (“to hang”)).

Noun

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

  1. inclination or disposition towards something

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hang

  1. past tense of hænge

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ
  • IPA(key): /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

Related terms

  • hangijzer n

Verb

hang

  1. inflection of hangen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *hanko. Related to Finnish hanko.

Noun

hang (genitive hangu, partitive hangu)

  1. fork
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *hanki.

Noun

hang (genitive hange, partitive hange)

  1. snowdrift; blanket of snow
Declension

Further reading

  • “hang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Hungarian

Etymology

From an unattested stem with the suffix -g.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ

Noun

hang (plural hangok)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaŋ/
  • Rhymes: -haŋ
  • Hyphenation: hang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay هڠ (hang),

Pronoun

hang

  1. (archaic) male pronoun

Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hang (plural hang-hang, first-person possessive hangku, second-person possessive hangmu, third-person possessive hangnya)

  1. (archaic) hunter's shelter

Further reading

  • “hang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

hang f

  1. h-prothesized form of ang

Italian

Noun

hang m (invariable)

  1. (music) Hang

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [haŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Hyphenation: hang

Etymology 1

Doublet of engkau.

Pronoun

hang (Jawi spelling هڠ)

  1. (informal, Kedah, Penang, Perlis) The person being spoken to; you.

See also

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hang (Jawi spelling هڠ)

  1. (Kedah) Hiding place of a hunter from a wild animal.
    Synonym: ran

Further reading

  • “hang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Muong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haːŋ¹/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *haːŋ. Cognate with Vietnamese hang.

Noun

hang

  1. (Mường Bi) cave

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

hang

  1. (Mường Bi) roasted

Verb

hang

  1. (Mường Bi) to roast

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

hang

  1. (Mường Bi) boiled

References

  • Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary)‎[5], Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hang

  1. (intransitive) simple past of henge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hang

  1. past of henga

Tày

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *trwɤːŋᴬ. Cognate with Thai หาง (hǎang), Northern Thai ᩉᩣ᩠ᨦ, Lao ຫາງ (hāng), Lü ᦠᦱᧂ (ḣaang), Tai Dam ꪬꪱꪉ, Shan ႁၢင် (hǎang), Tai Nüa ᥞᥣᥒᥴ (háang), Ahom 𑜍𑜂𑜫 (raṅ), Zhuang rieng or riengz, Bouyei riangl.

Noun

hang (𭯢)

  1. tail

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

hang

  1. to cook; to fry

References

  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[6][7] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Ternate

Adverb

hang

  1. not yet

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

Tho

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *haːŋ. Cognate with Vietnamese hang, Muong hang.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /haːŋ¹/

Noun

hang

  1. (Cuối Chăm) cave

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *haːŋ (“cave”). Possibly related to the word reconstructed as Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaaŋ (“to open”) by Shorto (2006).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]

Noun

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

  1. cave
    Synonym: động
  2. den

Usage notes

  • There seems to be little consistency on which between hang or động would be used in cave names (for examples, hang Sơn Đoòng, but động Phong Nha). In some cases, both can be seen used. In translation of foreign cave names, hang seems to be universally used and not động.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • ganh

Yola

Etymology

Compare English hang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔːn/
  • Homophone: hoane

Noun

hang

  1. A person that someone hangs out with.

Derived terms

  • gooudee hang

Related terms

  • ung (“hung”)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42

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