Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hang. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hang.
Definitions and meaning of hang
hang
Pronunciation
enPR: hăng, IPA(key): /hæŋ/
(General American, Canada) IPA(key): (see /æ/ raising)[heɪŋ]
Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhangen, hongen, from a fusion of Old Englishhōn(“to hang, be hanging”, intransitive verb) and hangian(“to hang, cause to hang”, transitive verb), from Proto-West Germanic*hą̄han and *hangēn; also probably influenced by Old Norsehengja(“to suspend”) and hanga(“to be suspended”); all from Proto-Germanic*hanhaną, *hangāną, from Proto-Indo-European*ḱenk-(“to waver, be in suspense”).
See also Dutchhangen, Low Germanhangen and hängen, Germanhängen, Norwegian Bokmålhenge, Norwegian Nynorskhenga; also Gothic𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽(hāhan), Hittite𒂵𒀀𒀭𒂵(/kānk-/, “to hang”), Sanskritशङ्कते(śáṅkate, “is in doubt, hesitates”), Latincūnctārī(“to delay”).
Verb
hang (third-person singular simple presenthangs, present participlehanging, simple past and past participlehungor(legal)hanged)
(intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
(intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
(intransitive) To veer in one direction.
(intransitive, 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.
(transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
(transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
(transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
(intransitive, law) 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.
(transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
(intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
Synonym:hang out
(transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
(transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
(transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
(intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
(transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
(intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
(transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
(transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
(intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
(transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
(transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
Usage notes
Formerly, at least until the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of hang was hanged (see quote from King James Bible, above). This form is retained for the legal senses “to be executed by suspension from the neck” and “to execute by suspension from the neck”, with hung used for all other meanings. hung is sometimes also used in the legal senses, but is proscribed in legal or other formal writing (for those senses). Rarely, hanged is used for non-legal senses as well, which is also proscribed. Either hanged or hung can be used for suicidal hangings, with hung being slightly more common. See also the etymology.
Synonyms
(be or remain suspended): be suspended, dangle
(float as if suspended):float, hover
(execute (someone) by suspension from the neck):lynch, string up; see also Thesaurus:kill by hanging
(be executed): go to the gallows, swing (informal), take a ride to Tyburn (archaic); see also Thesaurus:die by hanging
(loiter):hang about, hang around, loiter
(computing: stop responding):freeze, lock up
(cause (something) to be suspended):suspend
(hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect):drop, lower
(to place on a hook):hook, hook up
(to put a telephone handset back on a hook):hang up
(exhibit):exhibit, show
(apply (wallpaper to a wall)):put up
(decorate (something) with hanging objects):bedeck, deck, decorate
(computing: cause (a program or computer) to stop responding):freeze, lock up
(in chess: cause to become vulnerable to capture):
(in chess: be vulnerable to capture):
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
hang (pluralhangs)
The way in which something hangs.
A mass of hanging material.
A slackening of motion.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
(informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
(colloquial)
The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
A hangout.
A person that someone hangs out with.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich.
Noun
hang (uncountable)
(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
Etymology 3
Noun
hang
Alternative spelling of Hang(“musical instrument”)
Anagrams
Ghan
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɦaŋ/
Etymology 1
From Dutchhangen, a merger of Middle Dutchhangen and haen.
Verb
hang (presenthang, present participlehangende, past participlegehang)
(transitive and intransitive) to hang
Derived terms
hang af (van)(“to depend (on)”)
Etymology 2
From Dutchhang.
Noun
hang (pluralhange)
slope
Synonyms
helling
Bahnar
Etymology
From Proto-Central Bahnaric *haːŋ, from Chamic. Compare Eastern Chamꨨꩃ(hang).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haːŋ/
Noun
hang
bank, shore
Cebuano
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈhaŋ/, [ˈhaŋ]
Adjective
háng (Badlit spellingᜑᜅ᜔)
(Metro Cebu, Bohol, Southern Leyte)Alternative form of halang
Chinese
Etymology
From Englishhang.
Pronunciation
Verb
hang
(Hong Kong Cantonese)Short for hang機/hang机(heng1 gei1).
Danish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈhɑŋˀ]
Rhymes: -ɑŋˀ
Etymology 1
From GermanHang, a noun derived from the verb hangen (see hängen(“to hang”)).
Noun
hangc (singular definitehangen, not used in plural form)
inclination or disposition towards something
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
hang
past tense of hænge
Dutch
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɑŋ
IPA(key): /ɦɑŋ/
Noun
hangc (pluralhangen, diminutivehangetjen)
A support for hanging objects, such as a nail for a picture frame
A place to dry or smoke produce
A tendency, knack
Related terms
hangijzern
Verb
hang
inflection of hangen:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic*hanko. Related to Finnishhanko.
Noun
hang (genitivehangu, partitivehangu)
fork
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic*hanki.
Noun
hang (genitivehange, partitivehange)
snowdrift; blanket of snow
Declension
Further reading
“hang”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Hungarian
Etymology
From an unattested stem with the suffix -g.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈhɒŋɡ]
Rhymes: -ɒŋɡ
Noun
hang (pluralhangok)
voice
felemeli a hangját ― to raise one's voice
sound
lépések hangja ― the sound of footsteps
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
hang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Noun
hangf
h-prothesized form of ang
Italian
Noun
hangm (invariable)
(music) Hang
Malay
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -aŋ
IPA(key): /häŋ/
Pronoun
hang (Jawi spellingهڠ)
(dialectal)(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
(dialectal)(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject.
Synonyms
awak / اوق
kamu / کامو
kau / کاو
anda / اندا
engkau / اڠکاو
Further reading
“hang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mandarin
Romanization
hang
Nonstandard spelling of hāng.
Nonstandard spelling of háng.
Nonstandard spelling of hǎng.
Nonstandard spelling of hàng.
Usage notes
Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Muong
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haːŋ¹/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic*haːŋ. Cognate with Vietnamesehang.
Noun
hang
(Mường Bi) cave
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
hang
(Mường Bi) roasted
Verb
hang
(Mường Bi) to roast
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
hang
(Mường Bi) boiled
References
Nguyễn Văn Khang, Bùi Chỉ, Hoàng Văn Hành (2002) Từ điển Mường - Việt (Muong - Vietnamese dictionary), Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Dân tộc Hà Nội
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
hang
(intransitive)simple past of henge
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
hang
past of henga
Tày
Pronunciation
(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [haːŋ˦]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai*trwɤːŋᴬ. Cognate with Thaiหาง(hǎang), Northern Thaiᩉᩣ᩠ᨦ, Laoຫາງ(hāng), Lüᦠᦱᧂ(ḣaang), Tai Damꪬꪱꪉ, Shanႁၢင်(hǎang), Tai Nüaᥞᥣᥒᥴ(háang), Ahom𑜍𑜂𑜫(raṅ), Zhuangrieng or riengz, Bouyeiriangl.
Noun
hang (𭯢)
tail
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
hang
to cook; to fry
References
Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Ternate
Adverb
hang
not yet
References
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.
Tho
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic*haːŋ. Cognate with Vietnamesehang, Muonghang.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haːŋ¹/
Noun
hang
(Cuối Chăm) cave
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic*haːŋ(“cave”). Possibly related to the word reconstructed as Proto-Mon-Khmer*ʔaaŋ(“to open”) by Shorto (2006).
Pronunciation
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [haːŋ˧˧]
Noun
(classifiercái) hang • (𡎟, 馨, 𧯄, 𧯅, 𥧎)
cave
Synonym:động
den
Usage notes
There seems to be little consistency on which between hang or động would be used in cave names (for examples, hangSơn Đoòng, but độngPhong Nha). In some cases, both can be seen used. In translation of foreign cave names, hang seems to be universally used and not động.
Derived terms
Anagrams
ganh
Yola
Etymology
Compare Englishhang.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hɔːn/
Homophone: hoane
Noun
hang
A person that someone hangs out with.
Derived terms
gooudee hang
Related terms
ung(“hung”)
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42