Hang

Definition: Hang

Hang

Noun

1. 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".

2. The way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat".

Verb

1. Be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall".

2. Cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the wall".

3. Kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday".

4. Let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame".

5. Fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back".

6. Be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her".

7. Give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They paid attention to everything he said".

8. Be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley".

9. Hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron".

10. : be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum".

11. : prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury.

12. : decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper".

13. : be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!".

14. : place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door".

15. : of meat, in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison for a few days".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hang" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Hang \Hang\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Hanged(h?ngd) or Hung; Hanging. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.]. (references)

Computing

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hang

Connection

Verb: bridge over, span; connect; hang.

Killing

Strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown.

Pendency

Suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

Punishment

Execute; bring to the block, bring to the gallows; behead, decapitate, guillotine; decollate; hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter; shoot; decimate; burn; break on the wheel, crucify; empale, impale; flay; lynch; electrocute; gas, send to the gas chamber.

Crosswords: Hang

Afrikaan (droop, hang), German (acclivity, addiction, addictiveness, hillside, leaning, mountain side, penchant, proclivity, propensity, slope, strain, tendency, turn), Hungarian (assertiveness, high voice, note, phonic, skirl, sonic, sound, speech, strain, tenor, tune, voice, vote, vox), Vietnamese (caveat).

Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

We can hang in my crib (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

Okay, hang on, I'm on the phone with the distribution house now, lemme make sure we got it. What was it called again (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

You hang up on me again, I'll gut you like a fish, understand (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

Then one Christmas I got them a camper and all they wanted to do was hang out in it by themselves (My Girl; writing credit: Laurice Elehwany. Starring Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss, Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto, Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett, and Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss.)

Cause some try to swang but they still can't hang. (Can't Hang; performing artist: Xscape)

EVERYBODY WANTS TO HANG OUT AT MY PARTY BABY (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints)

We'll hang some memories on the wall (I Swear; performing artist: All-4-One)

Or you can hang out tha drop while I'm pushin' tha whip (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K)

So the graduations hang on the wall (Allentown; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Hang up and drive. (references; author: unknown)

Hang in there: Retirement is only 30 years away! (references; author: unknown)

Some people are bitter, some sour; others are sweet. Who you hang out with depends on your taste. (references; author: unknown)

Dang nu ji hang (1973)

Hang Loose (1970)

The Hang Up (1970)

Hang Up (1969)

Si wang tong hang zheng (1967)

Hang On In There Baby (performing artist: Johnny Bristol)

Hang On Sloopy (performing artist: The McCoys)

Let's Hang On (performing artist: The Four Seasons)

Don't Hang Up (performing artist: The Orlons)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Hang Seng Bank Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Yip's Hang Cheung (Holdings) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Wing Hang Bank Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Gliders and Hang Gliders: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes (reference)

• Hang 10 (reference)

• Hang a Left at Venus (Zack Files, 15) (reference)

• Hang Tough, Paul Mather (A Harper Trophy Book) (reference)

• Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business: 24 Ways to Hang on to Your Most Valuable Talent (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hang Gliding (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dust Devils, Hang Gliding in Lake Chelan (reference)

• Pokemon - Hang Ten Pikachu (Vol. 22) (reference)

• Hang 'em High (reference)

• Be a Pilot, Learn to Fly an Ultralight Trike / powered hang glider (reference)

• How to Preflight an Ultralight Trike / powered hang glider (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Hang Around (reference)

• Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (reference)

• Pastel Blues/Let It All Hang O (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• NBA Hang Time (reference)

• 1PK 3.5IN 2SHD Diskette 1.44MB Dos IBM format Retail Hang Pack (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Yahoo!!!! - hang on for a "slight bank" Taken from cockpit of Coast Guard PBY. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

White clouds hang in the Arizona sky over the Agua Fria National Monument. Credit: John Beckett.

Hang glider at Doherty Slide. Credit: Troutman.

He began to hang around the mansion house. Credit: Library of Congress.

You must all hang together or you'll all hang separately. Credit: Library of Congress.

It does pay to hang up a stocking. Credit: Library of Congress.

Freedom group hang signs on bus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmers hang around in front of courthouse, on Saturday, Jackson, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress.

War Production Board (WPB) poster. "Hang the Rats." The back cover of the "invitation to a hanging" of effigies at the Wallace Silversmiths plant war production drive. Credit: Library of Congress.

"14, 15, 16, hang in there Spiro, 17, 18, 19 ... ". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And to let us see, that even absolute power, where it is necessary, is not arbitrary by being absolute, but is still limited by that reason, and confined to those ends, which required it in some cases to be absolute, we need look no farther than the common practice of martial discipline: for the preservation of the army, and in it of the whole common-wealth, requires an absolute obedience to the command of every superior officer, and it is justly death to disobey or dispute the most dangerous or unreasonable of them; but yet we see, that neither the serjeant, that could command a soldier to march up to the mouth of a cannon, or stand in a breach, where he is almost sure to perish, can command that soldier to give him one penny of his money; nor the general, that can condemn him to death for deserting his post, or for not obeying the most desperate orders, can yet, with all his absolute power of life and death, dispose of one farthing of that soldier's estate, or seize one jot of his goods; whom yet he can command any thing, and hang for the least disobedience; because such a blind obedience is necessary to that end, for which the commander has his power, viz. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A long time, is not it, for a cold to hang upon her

"This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

On reaching its extreme tip, he fastened one end of the rope he had with him, and let the other hang at full length

Fouler than heart can think thee, thou canst make No excuse current but to hang thyself

And 66 goes on over the terrible desert, where the distance shimmers and the black center mountains hang unbearably in the distance

They are no better than wooden horses to hang the clean clothes on.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

After the soldiers kill the germs, their job is done and it is time for them to go away and die. In ALPS, the soldiers don’t hear the message to die. They stay and hang out in places like your spleen and the lymph nodes found under your cheeks, making them really big. Sometimes, the soldiers become confused and they attack members of their own side, such as the red blood cells and platelets in your body. Without enough red blood cells, you may feel tired. (references)

Business

Active players include Kai Shing (Sun Hung Kai’s affiliate), Swire Properties, and Hang Yik (Henderson Lands’ affiliate). (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

Also in May, police acting under SCRNA orders detained members of the same group while they were attempting to hang posters in central Minsk congratulating veterans of World War II on Victory Day. (references)

Economic History

Australia

It also includes ultralight operations, gliders, hang gliders and autogyros. (references)

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd. provides a market for Hang Seng Index futures and options. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "hang": a hang up ♦ branch and Hang ♦ care a hang ♦ deuce! hang it! ♦ get the hang ♦ get the hang of ♦ get the hang of smth. ♦ give a dog a bad name and hang him ♦ hang a leg ♦ hang about ♦ hang about the house ♦ hang all over ♦ hang around ♦ hang around for a while ♦ hang back ♦ hang behind ♦ hang by a thread ♦ hang down ♦ hang fire ♦ hang fire in doing smth. ♦ hang glide ♦ hang glider ♦ hang gliding ♦ hang heavy ♦ hang heavy on hand ♦ hang him! ♦ hang in ♦ hang in doubt ♦ hang in suspense ♦ hang in the air ♦ hang in the balance ♦ hang it all ♦ hang it all! ♦ hang it! ♦ hang like a millstone round one's neck ♦ hang loosely ♦ hang off ♦ hang on ♦ hang on a thread ♦ hang on board ♦ hang on for a second! ♦ hang on smb.'s lips ♦ hang on the sleeve of ♦ hang on to ♦ hang on to smth. ♦ hang on! ♦ hang one's head ♦ hang oneself ♦ hang out ♦ hang out one's shingle ♦ hang out the wash to dry ♦ hang out the washing ♦ hang out to dry ♦ hang over ♦ hang round ♦ hang somewhere else ♦ hang task ♦ hang the expense ♦ hang the jury ♦ hang the walls with pictures ♦ hang together ♦ hang up ♦ hang up in the wrong place ♦ hang up on smb. ♦ hang up one's boots ♦ hang up one's fiddle ♦ hang upon ♦ hang wallpaper ♦ hang with ♦ hang with tapestry ♦ hang you! ♦ have got the hang of smb. ♦ i will hang you! ♦ let it all hang out ♦ let things go hang ♦ To get the hang of ♦ To hang ♦ To hang around ♦ To hang back ♦ To hang by the eyelids ♦ To hang down ♦ To hang fire ♦ To hang in doubt ♦ to hang in effigy ♦ To hang in the hedge ♦ To hang on ♦ To hang on the ♦ to hang on the lips ♦ to hang on the sleeve of ♦ to hang on the words ♦ To hang out ♦ To hang out the white flag ♦ To hang over ♦ To hang the flag ♦ To hang to ♦ To hang together ♦ To hang upon ♦ what a damned nuisance! hang it! ♦ when do you hang out?. Additional references.

Beginning with "hang": Hang-bies, Hang-by, hang-dog, hang-fire, hang-gilder, hang-gilding, hang-glide, hang-glider, hang-gliders, hang-gliding, hang-glinding, hang-in, hang-nail, hang-on, hang-on-the-wall, hang-out, hang-outs, hang-over, hang-overs, hang-up, hang-up, hang-ups.

Ending with "hang": re-hang, strap-hang.

Afrikaans

ophang, hang (droop). (various references)

Albanian

varet (drape, droop, fall, hinge, lop), var (dangle, drape, hang up, hook, rope, string up, suspend), vërtitem pa punë, ul kryet, rri pezull (float, fluff, hover), ngurroj (boggle, demur, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, linger, pendulate, scruple, vacillate, wabble, waver, wobble), ngjit në mur (pin up), mënyrë varjeje, lëkundem (dangle, falter, halt, hesitate, jolt, jumble, nod, nutate, oscillate, pendulate, reel, rock, shake, shift, stagger, sway, swing, totter, vacillate, vibrate, wabble, wallow, wamble, waver, wobble), kuptim (comprehension, conception, construction, drift, import, meaning, perception, point, purport, realization, sense, significance, signification, stress, understanding), fiksoj (affix, arrange, assign, clinch, fasten, fix, freeze, impress, Mount, nail, pin down, pose, print, secure, set, settle, stabilize), ekzekutoj me varje, ekzekutohem me varje, është në varësi të. (various references)

Arabic 

‏معلق (hang in the balance, hanging, in the air, pendent, pending, suspended, unsettled), ‏نكس, ‏لصق على جدار, ‏تردد (ambivalence, backwards, balance, be in two minds, boggle, crane, demur, difficulty, dither, fainting, falter, flicker, float, fluctuate, fluctuation, haunt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hover, hum and haw, indecision, irresolution, pause, perplexity, puzzle over, reticence, reverberate, scruple, shilly shally, sound, stick, stop, stumble, tergiversation, timidity, vacillate, vacillation, vibrate, vibration, waver, wobble, worry), ‏زين (apparel, bedeck, deck, dress, enhance, figure, gem, grace, invest, ornament, paint, pattern, pipe, plate, prettify, prink, smarten, trick, trim, varnish), ‏علق (annotate, comment, commentate, dangle, gloss, hang up, hinge, pin out, rest, shelve, sling, stop, string up, suspend, swing), ‏عرض فى, ‏عرض (array, bid, breadth, broaden, demo, display, evince, exhibit, expose, exposition, exposure, feature, hang out, hold out, imply, indication, introduction, lineup, mount, offer, offering, overture, pageant, parade, predispose, present, presentation, presenting, produce, proffer, propound, recital, retrace, review, set, set out, setting, show, state, statement, subject, submit, surrey, symptom, trot out, widen, width), ‏طريقة تدلى الشىء, ‏إعتصم (adhere, cling, keep, maintain, trench), ‏دلى (adduce, dangle, loll). (various references)

Aymara

huarcuña (to hang). (various references)

Bulgarian 

окачвам (hook, suspend), падам (attach, come down, crash, descend, drop, drop off, fall, fall off, fall out, go down, land, lapse, light, prang, ring down, roll off, set, settle, settle down, slip down, topple, tumble, tumble down), повисвам (droop, hang down, suspend), провесвам (dangle, loll, sling, suspend, swing), лепя (agglutinate, glue, gum, stick, stick in), забавяне на движение, закачам (append, bangle, catch, clasp, dangle, graze, hang out, hang up, hitch, hook, jive, jolly, pin on, pin up, put up, rib, ride, roast, rough-house, tease, tooth, twit), значение (account, amount, consequence, consideration, denotation, heft, import, importance, intention, interest, magnitude, matter, meaning, message, moment, notability, object, pith, sense, significance, signification, tenor, value, weight), навеждам (bow, droop, drop, incline, lean, lour, lower, set, tilt, vail), накичвам, излагам (bring on reproach, display, enunciate, exhibit, expose, expound, formulate, lay, lay out, propound, put forward, put to, recount, represent to smb., set out, set up, show, show off, sink, state, subject, ventilate), начин на работа, устройство (appliance, composition, conformation, design, fabric, frame, grain, mechanism, organization, pattern, rig, set, set up, structure), окачване (suspension), вися (cool one's heels, dangle, hang down, hang over, impend, loll, sag, swag, swing), висящ съм, тенденция (drift, movement, pattern, ply, proclivity, proneness, propensity, run, set, stream, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, turn, vein), цака (knack, trick), чалъм, смисъл (amount, effect, import, intent, intention, matter, message, point, sense, signification, sound, spirit, use), склон (ascent, decline, declivity, descent, downhill, drop, flank, hanging, hillside, inclination, incline, pitch, pitching, ramp, side, slant, slope, talus, versant), скат (devil fish, pitch, ramp, shoulder, skat, skate, slope, thornback, whip ray), начин по който стои дреха. (various references)

Chinese 

裱 (mount), 絞 (to turn, to twist, to wind), 縊 (braid, cord, sash, strangle oneself), 吊, 挂 (suspend), 懸掛 (suspension), 懸 (suspend), 搭 (build, join, match, take, take passage), 弔 (condole with). (various references)

Czech

viset (be, be up, depend, poise). (various references)

Danish

hænge (droop). (various references)

Dutch

hangen (droop). (various references)

Esperanto

pendumi, pendigi, pendi (droop). (various references)

Faeroese

heingja (hitch on, hook on), hanga (droop). (various references)

Farsi 

مفهوم (Concept, Context, Effect, Implication, Implicit, Intelligible, Intention, Moral, Purporst, Sense, Significance, Sound, Substance, Tacit), متکی شدن بر, مصلوب شدن , چسبیدن به (Grip, Snap), تمایل (Gust, Inclination, List, Pendulum, Preoccupation, Sentiment, Streak, Tendency, Tenor, Tilt, Turquoise, Vein, Would, Yen), تعلیق (Abeyance, Precipitant, Suspension), تردید (Doubt, Hesitancy, Indecision, Qualm, Query, Scruple, Skepticism, Suspicion, Uncertainty, Vibration), طرزاویختن , اویزان کردن (Dangle), اویختن (Append, Dangle, Hangout, Loll, Slouch), بداراویختن (Crucify, Gibbet, Scaffold, Truss). (various references)

Finnish

riippua (be suspended from, depend, droop, hang loose). (various references)

French

pendre (hang down, hang out, hang up), suspendre. (various references)

Frisian

hâlde (hang onto, hold, retain), ôfhingje (depend, hang down). (various references)

German

hängen (be behind, be caught, be involved, be on, be stuck, be vulnerable, connect, droop, fill, hang around, hang fire, hanged, hanging, hitch up, slouch, stoop, to hang), schweben (be pending, be suspended, be undecided, dangle, float, floatation, glide, hang in the balance, hanged, hover, impend, levitate, linger, poise, sail, soar, swing, to breeze, to hover, waver, zoom), erhängen, aufhängen (hang up, hanged, hanging, land with, palm off, peg out, peg up, put up, ring off, saddle with, sling, string out, string up, suspend, talk into believing, to suspend). (various references)

Greek 

κρεμώ (drape, loll, sling, suspend), απαγχονίζω (gibbet, string up). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתלות (hang up, sling, string up, suspend), להיות תלוי (depend, hinge), להשתלשל (evolve, let oneself down, trace). (various references)

Hungarian

lejtés (batter, downhill, droop, gradient, inclination, pitching, rake, slope, swing). (various references)

Icelandic

hengja, hanga (droop). (various references)

Indonesian

menggantungkan (adjourn, suspend), menggantung (adjurn, be suspended, hang up), gayut, gantung. (various references)

Irish

croch. (various references)

Italian

pendere (be inclined, be pending, droop, flag, hang over, lean, lop, slant, slope, tend, tip), sospendere (interrupt, rusticate, sling, stay, suspend), appendere (append, string, suspend). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ハロゲン電球 (furlong, handkerchief, handsome, hang glider, hang ten, hangar, hanger, hanger display, hanger plant, hanging plant, hangul, Harrop, Hawaii, Hawaiian guitar, Hungary, hunger, hunger strike, hunger-strike, hungry, hungry market, hung-up, tungsten halogen lamp). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ハング . (various references)

Korean 

걸림새. (various references)

Malay

pegang (hang onto, hold, retain), memegang (hang onto, hold, retain). (various references)

Manx

lhie (dovetail, lay, lie, lie down, repose, setting, settle, settling, squat), cur seose (abdication, carry forward, disclaim, drop off, extradite, extradition, fit on, fix, flush, increase, move, pitch, postulate, put up, relinquish, relinquishment, represent, retire, set on fire, surrender), croghey (bank on, climb, cling, depend, drape, fly, hinge, hinge as story, hoist, jack up, lean on, loft, pendant, pitch, sheer, spring, suspension, swing), ceau (aim, carry, consume, corner, corner on road, dart, fall, last, loose, pass, pelt, rain, rake, run out, shoot, shower; launch, shy; weather, spend, throw, wear). (various references)

Norwegian

henge (droop). (various references)

Papiamen

horka. (various references)

Pig Latin

anghay.(various references)

Polish

wisieć (droop), powiesić. (various references)

Portuguese

enforcar (gib arm, gibbet, halter). (various references)

Romanian

atârna (beetle, depend, flap, flow, loll, lop, suspend, weigh), fi spânzurat (dance upon nothing), fi nesigur (be in the air), fi agãţat, fi înclinat (be out of plumb, rake, shelve, slope), ezita (back, boggle, crane, demur, falter, fluctuate, halt, hesitate, hobble, hold back, pause, scruple, shilly shally, stagger, stand off, stand on, sway, vacillate, veer, waver, wobble), curge (course, drip, elapse, flow, fly, glide, not to hold water, pour, rain, run, start, stream, suppurate), ţinutã (attire, attitude, bearing, behavior, behaviour, carriage, clothing, conduct, deportment, figure, gait, garb, manner, mien, posture, rig, set, suit, trim, uniform), atârnare în jos, monta (accommodate, adapt, adjust, assemble, attune, erect, fit, fit up, fix, install, key up, match, mount, place, put up, rig up, set, set up, tune), anina (hook), agåţa (droop), agãţa (accost, attach, clench, grapple, hook, importune, suspend), aşezare (collocation, disposal, disposition, dwelling, establishment, house, lay, laying, seating, setting, settlement, system), întinde (arrange, couch, dilate, draw, expand, extend, fling out, lay on, lengthen, outspread, outstretch, pull, pull up, reach, set, sprawl, spread, stretch, strew, tauten, tighten, widen), înclinare (batter, bent, bias, cant, cast, declension, dip, fancy, inclination, lean, leaning, liking, lurch, obliquity, pitching, slope, tilt), atîrna (droop), pune (add, adhibit, annex, append, apply, attach, bet on, cause, deposit, do, Don, draw, dress, enclose, impose, lay, lay down, lay on, lay up, Mount, place, pose, position, propose, put, put down, put in, put on, put up, repose, set, sow, stick), tendinţã (aptness, bearing, bent, departure, determination, disposition, drift, drive, endeavor, endeavour, inclination, leaning, proclivity, run, strain, streak, striving, tendency, trend), suspenda (adjourn, stop, suspend), spânzura (halter, scrag), sens (acceptance, acceptation, amount, bearing, direction, drift, importance, logic, meaning, purport, reason, sense, signification, traffic, use, value, way), se sprijini (abut, bear on, depend on, go on, go upon, recline, repose), se agãţa (catch, have, ramble, scramble), lãsa în jos (couch, dip, down, draw, droop, lower), rãmâne în urmã (drop astern, drop behind, fall behind, lag, lose, straggle), linie (bar, direction, line, lineage, Ray, row, ruler, series, streak, stroke), prinde (acquire, apprehend, attach, bind, book, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clasp, clot, comprehend, cop, Curdle, engage, ferret, find out, fish, fix, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, grow, have, hit, hitch, intercept, nail, nip, overhear, pin down, reach, recruit, regain, round up, seize, set, shut, stitch, strike, succeed, tack, take, tie, work), poziţie (attitude, bearing, line up, locality, locus, place, position, set, setting, site, situation, stand, standing, standpoint, view), pluti în aer (float, hover, impend, ride, soar), pleca capul, nu se disloca, nu se desface, trage greu în cumpãnã, rost (household, joint, parting, role, sense). (various references)

Russian 

увешивать, развесить (hang out, weigh out), развешивать, вешать (gib arm, suspend), висеть (bangle, hang loose, hung), вид (air, appearance, aspect, complexion, description, figuration, form, genue, genus, guise, kind, look, look out, make, mien, mode, outlook, prospect, shape, show, sight, sort, species, spp., variety, view, visage, vision, vista), особенности (particular qualities, peculiar properties). (various references)

Scottish

croch (suspend). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

visiti (be suspended, dangle, hang out, hang over), vešati (suspend), stajanje (stand, standing), padanje (fall, impingement), pad (collapse, come down, decline, downfall, drop, fall, overturn, spill, tumble), okačiti (pinup), obesiti (gibbet, hang up, sling, string, string up, suspend, tuck up), način rada. (various references)

Spanish

colgar (append, dangle, droop, halter, hang down, hang out, hang up, loll, loll out, put up, ring off, sag, sling, string up, top). (various references)

Sranan

anga (droop). (various references)

Swedish

hänga (drape, droop, gibbet, halter, sag, sling), hänga upp (string, suspend). (various references)

Tagalog

itagò (hang onto, hold, retain). (various references)

Turkish

asmak (bunk, drape, drape over, gibbet, halter, hang on, hang out, hang up, neglect, play hooky, post, post up, skip, skive off, sling, string up, suspend, swing, truss, wag). (various references)

Turkmen 

sallanmak (be hung), ildirmek, asylmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

схильність (addiction, amenability, appetite, aptitude, aptness, bend, bent, care, leaning, penchant, polarity, predisposition, prepossession, strain, taste, vein), розвішувати, вішати (gibbet, halter, suspend), висіти (bangle, dangle), вигляд (air, aspect, fettle, figuration, guise, leer, outside, shape), нахил (bend, bent, cant, declination, droop, inclination, incline, lurch, notion, obliqueness, obliquity, palate, ply, proclivity, propensity, slope, tilt, tip), манера (address, fashion, genre, manner, mannerism, mode, style), загрожувати (hang about, hang over, impend, menace, overhang, threaten), загальний зміст. (various references)

Welsh

hongian (dangle), crogi (suspend). (various references)

Yucatec

ch'uykintik. (various references)

Zulu

-bamba (hang onto, hold, retain). (various references)

adpendam, adpendat, adpendatis, adpendatur, adpende, adpendebat, adpendens, adpendentes, adpendentia, adpendere, adpenderent, adpenderentur, adpenderes, adpendes, adpendetur, adpendi, adpendique, adpendit, adpendite, adpenditis, adpenditur, adpensum, adpensus, decidam, decidant, decidat, decidens, decidentes, decidentia, decidet, decidi, decidissemus, decidisset, decidit, pendebant, pendebantque, pendebat, pendebit, pendens, pendent, pendentem, pendere, penderent, pendet, pependerat, pependit, suspendo, suspendo suspendi suspensum. (various references)

agnail, hangian, hon. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "hang": hangable, hangar, hangared, hangaring, hangars, hangbird, hangbirds, hangdog, hangdogs, hanged, hanger, hangers, hangfire, hangfires, hanging, hangings, hangman, hangmen, hangnail, hangnails, hangnest, hangnests, hangout, hangouts, hangover, hangovers, hangs, hangtag, hangtags, hangul, hangup, hangups. (additional references)

Words ending with "hang": bhang, chang, overhang, rehang, straphang, unhang, whang. (additional references)

Words containing "hang": archangel, archangelic, archangels, bhangs, change, changeabilities, changeability, changeable, changeableness, changeablenesses, changeably, changed, changeful, changefully, changefulness, changefulnesses, changeless, changelessly, changelessness, changelessnesses, changeling, changelings, changeover, changeovers, changer, changers, changes, changing, changs, chimichanga, chimichangas, cliffhanger, cliffhangers, collieshangie, collieshangies, counterchange, counterchanged, counterchanges, counterchanging, exchange, exchangeabilities, exchangeability, exchangeable, exchanged, exchanger, exchangers, exchanges, exchanging, gearchange, gearchanges, interchange. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hang" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aang, ahn, ang, chang, Ch'ang, chaung, Chwang, Dhang, ghang, haag, haan, hadg, hagg, haig, hanc, hanf, hangd, hange, Hangul, hanh, hann, hanne, hano, hanu, hany, hapn, harg, haug, hayg, hayn, heeng, Hengl, Heung, hiang, hign, hing, hnag, Hongwu, huang, Hungo, hwange, hyng, Jhang, Khaeng, nang, phang, shang, Zhuang. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gan, hag, nag, nah.

-2 letters: ag, ah, an, ha, na.

+1 letter: bhang, chang, gnash, hangs, hogan, sangh, whang.

+2 letters: aahing, aching, afghan, ashing, bhangs, change, changs, ganjah, hading, haeing, hagdon, haling, hangar, hanged, hanger, hangul, hangup, haring, hating, having, hawing, haying, hazing, hogans, naught, rehang, sanghs, unhang, whangs.

+3 letters: afghani, afghans, anguish, anhinga, arching, ataghan, baching, bashing, bathing, caching, cashing, chafing, chagrin, changed, changer, changes, charing, chasing, chawing, dashing, fashing, gahnite, ganache, ganjahs, garnish, gashing, gingham, gnashed, gnashes, gnathal, gnathic, hacking, hafting, hagborn, hagdons, hagging, hailing, halogen, haloing, halting, halving, hamming, handbag, handgun, handing, hangars, hangdog, hangers, hanging, hangman, hangmen, hangout, hangtag, hangups, hanking, hanting, happing, harking, harming, harping, hashing, hasping, hasting, hatting, hauling, hawking, hayings, hazings, heading, healing, heaping, hearing, heating, heaving, hexagon, hoaxing, hogmane, lashing, lathing, mahjong, mahuang, mashing, naughts, naughty, nilghai, nilghau, nylghai, nylghau, pashing, phasing, rehangs, sandhog, sashing, shading, shaking, shaming, shaping, sharing, shaving, shawing, shebang, stengah, thanage, thawing, thenage, unhangs, washing, whaling, whanged, whangee.