hanging

Meaning of hanging

verb
  1. To be or remain suspended.
    The lights hung from the ceiling.
  2. To float, as if suspended.
    The smoke hung in the room.
  3. (of a ball in cricket, tennis, etc.) To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
  4. To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
    He hung his head in shame.
  5. To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges or the like.
    Hang those lights from the ceiling.
  6. To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
    The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.
  7. To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
    You will hang for this, my friend.
  8. (used in maledictions) To damn.
  9. To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
    Are you busy, or can you hang with me?  I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.
  10. To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
  11. To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
    Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery.
  12. To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
    Let's hang the nursery with some new wallpaper.
  13. To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
  14. To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
    One obstinate juror can hang a jury.
  15. To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard and mouse.
    The computer has hung again. Not even pressing ++ works.  When I push this button the program hangs.
  16. To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
    The program has a bug that can hang the system.
  17. To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
    If you move there, you'll hang your rook.
  18. To be vulnerable to capture.
    In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.
  19. Of a pitcher, to throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
adjective
  1. Suspended.
    The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
  2. (of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
  3. (of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher hence relatively easy to hit.
    hanging breaking ball
  4. (of a person) ugly; very unattractive
noun
  1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
    Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
  2. A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.
    The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
  3. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
    The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
  4. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
    I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

Information about hanging

  • The plural form of hanging is: hangings.
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Hyphenation of hanging

hang-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • hanging is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

hanging synonyms

Meaning pendent:

pendent, pendant, dependent

Meaning suspension:

suspension, dangling

Meaning :

gallows, swing, dangle, suspended, suspend, freeze, bedeck, deck, decorate, lynch, exhibit, show, float, hover, drop, lower, loiter, hook

Translation of hanging

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