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hangin

hangin

5 9.9
Spending time relaxing with friends
  • noun
  • /ˈhæŋɪn/
  • Informal
translation icon : pasar el rato
  • Hey, how's it hangin with you this weekend?
  • hangin' out
  • hangin' in there

Examples

  • We spent the whole afternoon hangin out at the park.

  • Just a few of us, hangin'.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Eh, hangin' in there, bro.

  • Hurricane Sandy: Hangin' with Mickey for a few more days

    Blog text (28)
  • You're a great one for hangin', ain't ya, Smith?

  • How's it hangin'?

  • POTUS: How's it hangin'?

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Just hangin with friends is my favorite way to relax.

Synonyms

to hang out
vshangin
  • Informal
946 2.4

To spend time relaxing or talking with friends

is the informal written form of the same phrase
to hang around
vshangin
  • Informal
407 2.0

To stay in a place without doing anything important

focuses on socializing or relaxing with friends, not purposeless waiting
to hang about
vshangin
  • UK
3 4.4

To stay in a place without a clear reason

is used for relaxing or socializing rather than idle lingering or waiting
to chillin'
vshangin
  • Slang
9.1

To relax and spend time with friends or alone

is used more generally for socializing without stressing calmness

Antonyms

1.0

Full of activity with many things to do

How Social

to party
  • Informal
298 3.0
to socialize
  • US
68 2.8
hangin
  • Informal
5 9.9
to sit around
  • Informal
350 1.1

Surface Forms

hangin singular
hangins plural

Morphology

hangin = hang (semi-transparent) = hang + in

The form is transparently 'hang' + '-ing' (colloquial '-in'), but the sense 'spending time socializing' depends on the phrasal verb 'hang out', which is idiomatic and not predictable from 'hang' alone.

Etymology

Hangin is a casual spelling of 'hanging' from hang + -in, short for hanging out, and the dropped 'g' gives a relaxed tone. So as a noun hangin means 'spending time' or socializing with friends.