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hangout

hangout

45 3.6
A place people often go to spend time with friends
  • noun
  • /ˈhæŋˌaʊt/
  • Informal
translation icon : lugar de reunión
  • The park near my house is a popular hangout for teenagers after school.

And I said, this is my hangout spot, which it wasn't.

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Examples

  • Let's keep going and I'll show you one of the coolest hangout spots on UC Berkeley campus.

  • Built in 1964, at its height, this was a regular hangout for all the coolest and most influential musicians at the time.

  • I could totally use a friendly hangout, so...

  • On the way, he suggested we stop at his Valley hangout, and at first I figured, why not?

    Fiction book (1996)
  • This is the hangout lounge area.

  • After the show, they used to go to Snoopy's, a popular hangout that stayed open all night.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The bars on post became our regular hangouts because they proved very convenient.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • A classic city bar, a hangout for drunks, philosophers, and especially sportswriters and journalists.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • McBain's is a Marine hangout, the way McP's in Coronado is a Navy SEAL Team hangout.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Fuzzy's is a well-known med-school hangout; most of the women don't want a companion but future income.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

chat room
vshangout
  • Texting
43 3.0

An online place where people talk in real time about a topic

is a general place for personal social time rather than an online space
haunt
vshangout
27 4.3

A place a person or group visits often

is centred on regular socializing and meeting friends rather than mere visiting
watering hole
vshangout
  • Informal
16 3.4

A bar or pub where people meet to drink and talk

is broader and names any regular personal meeting place rather than drinking venues
gathering place
vshangout
8 2.3

A place where people meet regularly to talk and spend time

is chiefly a personal spot for meeting friends rather than formal meetings
gathering spot
vshangout
  • Informal
1 2.5

A place where people meet regularly to talk and spend time together

is mainly used by an individual for regular social time with friends
stamping ground
vshangout
  • UK
4.7

A place someone often visits or spends time in

is used for social meetings with friends rather than only time spent there

How Popular

hotspot
5 3.5
hangout
  • Informal
45 3.6
local spot
1 2.4

Surface Forms

hangout singular
hangouts plural

Morphology

hangout = hang (transparent) = out + hang

The noun is transparently related to the phrasal verb 'hang out', referring to a place where people spend time socializing. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Hangout comes from the phrase hang out, where hang is the familiar verb and out means 'outside' or 'away'; it once meant to 'spend time outside' with friends, and the place where people did this later became a hangout. So a hangout is a place someone regularly spends time or meets friends.