to hang
- verb
- /hæŋ/
- The dress should hang loosely to create an elegant silhouette.
- hanging over shoulders
- hanging hair
It says tug and smooth with hands and hang or lay flat.
- It says tug and smooth with hands and hang or lay flat.
- So I fall down and I see my foot hanging and I can't move my toes.
- So I said my chain hangs down to my Dick.
- So it was stuck in my lip like, and hanging from my mouth.
Examples
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I like to let my hair hang freely after a long day at work.
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But you know, I'll let the shoulders hang for the dress that fits so well.
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You kind of let that hang down a little bit, OK.
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Look, it's only hanging off like this much.
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Oh my God, my feet are hanging off the end.
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My power bar is just hanging off the bottom of the desk now.
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It was hanging out the window.
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Young visitors can even crawl through the cave or hang upside down like a bat.
Academic text (1995) -
Five braids of corn hang in the center of the space, which is itself no longer circular.
Academic text (2011) -
Frankie stands, takes off his suit coat, and hangs it carefully on a rack by the door.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Hang loosely so it can move or swing
Hang or flow loosely and smoothly in a pleasing way
To hang or cover something loosely with cloth
To hang or fall in a smooth and graceful way
To hang down loosely from above
To hang down from above so it moves freely
To hang down in the middle because of weight
Antonyms
Idioms
To be in a situation where the result is not decided, for example a job or game
- Informal
In a very dangerous situation where a small problem can cause everything to fail
- Archaic
To not have enough evidence to prove someone is guilty or to take action
- Archaic
To stop doing an activity, especially to stop playing music for good
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To relax completely and show your true feelings without holding back
Compounds
- Informal
An emotional problem that makes someone feel nervous or unable to act normally
A sport of flying a light aircraft without an engine launched from a hill or cliff
A light flying craft without a motor like a large kite that a person hangs under to fly
- Jargon
A position on rings where a gymnast hangs upside down with hips bent and legs straight
- Jargon
A position on rings or parallel bars with the body straight and arms at the sides
How Loose
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hang originally meant 'to hang down', especially of cloth or hair, so when shoulders, heads, or flowers droop we say they 'hang' because they fall loosely like a hanging cloth.