hanging
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]hanging
- present participle and gerund of hang
Adjective
[edit]hanging (not comparable)
- Suspended.
- The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
- (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
- (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
- hanging breaking ball
- hanging slider
- (UK, slang, of a person, originally Manchester) Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
- 2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)
- MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you.
LEANNE: No I don’t. Shut yer mouth.
MUGSEY: Your mum said he’s gonna end up just like his dad.
LEANNE: She don’ even know Bingo. Anyway, I don’t fancy ‘im, ‘e’s hanging.
- MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you.
- 2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)
Derived terms
[edit]Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
- free-hanging
- hanging basket
- hanging chad
- hanging coffin
- hanging compass
- hanging disease
- hanging garden
- Hanging Houghton
- hanging indent
- hanging indentation
- Hanging Langford
- hanging loop
- hanging paragraph
- hanging participle
- hanging rail
- hanging side
- hanging sleeve
- hanging sleeves
- hanging stile
- hanging valley
- hanging wall
- hanging wet bag
- high-hanging fruit
- leave someone hanging
- low-hanging fruit
- strap-hanging
Translations
[edit]suspended
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”).
Noun
[edit]hanging (countable and uncountable, plural hangings)
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
- 1728, Thomas Otway, “The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Soldier's Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway[1], volume 2, London, page 37:
- No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
- 2022 March 10, Peter Lucas, “Lucas: Putin has blood on his hands and The Hague must make him pay”, in Boston Herald[2], archived from the original on 6 August 2022:
- It was just too bad that Milosevic died of "natural" causes in his cell in 2006 before he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, although a hanging would have been preferable.
- (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
- The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
- (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
- I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
Synonyms
[edit]- (execution): a quick drop and a sudden stop, Abraham's balsam, necktie party
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]means of execution
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public event at which a person is hanged
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anything wide, high and thin that is hung
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way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged
See also
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/æŋɪŋ
- Rhymes:English/æŋɪŋ/2 syllables
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- en:Chess
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- en:Capital punishment
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