to hang
524
8.6
- verb
- /hæŋ/
- Offensive
:
ahorcar
- When it came time for Lloyd to hang, he announced to the crowd, "I am about to die."
- death by hanging
- hanged man
- hanged body
They were put in prison, they were hung, they were exiled.
- They were put in prison, they were hung, they were exiled.
- Joe Biden didn't pardon people that wanted to hang the vice president.
- I mean, I've seen gay people hung from cranes in Iran.
- Since then, recently he's he's hung himself and he's no longer with us.
- It is ironic cause the guy hung himself, apparently.
- She actually hangs herself to escape the the torture.
- Movements like as soon as you know, they've been hung from the bridge.
- But like I say, yeah, the guy, you know, hung himself in the in the end.
- Oh, shoot, Trump's going to send a mob to hang me, isn't he?
- One of them he was hanging from a tree and a suicide.
- And he took his life, he hung himself and he killed himself.
Examples
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Or will these two sociopaths hang for their terrible crime?
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And if we lose, they're going to hang you to the highest tree.
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I'll bleed to death before they can hang me.
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You know, the sheiks will hang these men.
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The men lifted her and hung her upside down over the dark hole.
Academic text (2012) -
I hope they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck.
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The Germans began their occupation by hanging people in the village as a gesture of their seriousness.
Fiction book (1991) -
The judge sentenced the murderer to hang for his brutal crime against the community.
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In the 19th century, people could hang for theft, a punishment considered just at the time.
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After a lengthy trial, the jury decided that the accused should hang for his actions.
Synonyms
294
6.1
To put someone to death as a legal punishment
46
7.6
To kill someone as a legal punishment
14
9.5
To kill someone by hanging, often as punishment
To be hanged by the neck until dead
Antonyms
Idioms
37
6.8
To be in a situation where the result is not decided, for example a job or game
- Informal
1
6.1
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
7
8.2
To relax completely and show your true feelings without holding back
Compounds
- Informal
30
6.8
An emotional problem that makes someone feel nervous or unable to act normally
4
4.6
A sport of flying a light aircraft without an engine launched from a hill or cliff
2
4.2
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hang kept its old sense of 'suspension' when people used it for a punishment, so to be 'hanged' is to be killed by suspension with a rope; the idea is the same as being held up by the neck.