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hanging
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæ???/
- Rhymes: -æ???
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
hanging
- present participle of hang
Adjective
hanging (not comparable)
- Suspended.
- The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
- (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
- (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit.
- (Britain, slang, of a person) ugly; very unattractive
- 2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)
- MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you.
LEANNE: No I don’t. Shut yer mouth.
MUGSEY: Your mum said he’s gonna end up just like his dad.
LEANNE: She don’ even know Bingo. Anyway, I don’t fancy ‘im, ‘e’s hanging.
- MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you.
- 2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang +? -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and h?hing (“hanging”).
Noun
hanging (countable and uncountable, plural hangings)
- (uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
- Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
- (countable) A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
- (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
- The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
- (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
Synonyms
- (execution): a quick drop and a sudden stop, Abraham's balsam, hempen elixir, necktie party
Derived terms
- wall hanging
Translations
See also
- portière, portiere
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hagging
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæ???/
Verb
hagging
- present participle of hag
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- what hanging plants like full sun
- what hanging indent looks like
- what hanging plants like direct sunlight
- what hanging in there means
- what hanging out means
- what hanging plants are safe for dogs
- what hanging plants survive winter
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