Hanging

Quick meaning: Hanging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of hang.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of hang.

More Meanings

1. Suspended.
2. (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
3. (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
4. (UK, slang, of a person, originally Manchester) Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
5. (typography, of a punctuation mark) Extending beyond the margins of a page.
6. (countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
7. (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

Example Sentences

hanging slider

hanging punctuation

hanging breaking ball

The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.

Word Forms

• hangings

Synonyms for hanging

Depending on context, synonyms include halter, pendant, supported, pendent, dangling, suspended.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dangling, pendent, supported, suspended, pendant, suspension.

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