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hangin

hangin

5 9.9
Spending time relaxing with friends
  • noun
  • /ˈhæŋɪn/
  • Informal
: 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.