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Definition: Get The Hang |
Get The HangVerb1. Be or become completely proficient or skilled in; "She mastered Japanese in less than two years". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Get The HangSynonym: master (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Get The Hang |
| English words defined with "get the hang": bent ♦ hang, hang on, hold on, hold the line ♦ knack ♦ To get the hang of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "get the hang": BOFH. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I never could get the hang of Thursdays. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) | |
Movie/TV Titles | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "get the hang": get the hang of ♦ get the hang of smth. ♦ To get the hang of. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "get the hang"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vpravit se do èeho (get the hang of smth.), pochopit co (get, get the hang of smth., tumble to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παίρνω το κολάι (get the hang of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rájön vminek a nyitjára (to get the hang of it, to get wise to a fact), megragadja vminek az értelmét (to get the hang of it), kihámozza vminek az értelmét (to get the hang of it), kapiskál vmit (to get the hang of it). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etgay ethay anghay prinde sensul (get the hang of). (various references) наловчиться. (various references) dokučiti (ascertain, comprehend, fathom, grasp). (various references) komma underfund med (find out, get the hang of, het to know, realise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-g-h-h-n-t-t" | |
-3 letters: heathen, tentage, thenage. | |
-4 letters: engage, ethane, negate. | |
-5 letters: agene, agent, eaten, enate, genet, heath, neath, teeth, tenet, tenge, tenth, thane, thegn, theta. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 74 54 68 65 48 61 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001000 01100001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e t   T h e   H a n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 0074 0054 0068 0065 0048 0061 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4171862547471242678073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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