hang dog

See also: hangdog and hang-dog

English

Alternative forms

• hang-dog

Noun

hang dog (countable and uncountable, plural hang dogs)

1. (climbing) The situation of hanging on the rope after falling off a climb.
2. (obsolete) A rascal, one fit to be executed by hanging.

Synonyms

• (rascal): gallows bird, wag-halter; See also Thesaurus:gallows bird

Further reading

• “hang dog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.