Usually means: Suspend something from above; dangle.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. hang: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hang: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hang: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hang: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hang: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hang: Wordnik
  7. hang, the hang: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Hang, hang: Wiktionary
  9. hang: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hang: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hang: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hang: Dictionary.com
  13. hang: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hang: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hang (Foxygen album), Hang (Lagwagon album), Hang (computing), Hang (disambiguation), Hang (instrument), Hang (musical instrument), Hang: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Hang: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. hang: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. hang: Rhymezone
  19. hang: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. hang: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. HANG: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. Hang: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. hang: Free Dictionary
  24. hang: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. hang: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. hang: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. hang: Wordnik

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Beer Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  4. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hang (disambiguation), hang: Legal dictionary
  4. hang: Financial dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hang: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. hang: Netlingo
  3. hang: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  4. Hang (disambiguation), hang: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. HANG: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. hang: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hang, hang, hang, hang, hang, hang, hang, hang, hang, hang, hang: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. hang: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Beer & Brewing Terminology (No longer online)

(Note: See hangable as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
verb:  (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
verb:  (intransitive) To veer in one direction.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
verb:  (transitive, law) To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (transitive, informal) (used in maledictions) To damn.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly.
verb:  (transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
verb:  (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
verb:  (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
verb:  (intransitive, figuratively) To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
verb:  (transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.
verb:  (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
verb:  (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
verb:  (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.
verb:  (transitive, baseball, slang, of a pitcher) To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.).
noun:  The way in which something hangs.
noun:  A mass of hanging material.
noun:  A slackening of motion.
noun:  A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
noun:  (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.
noun:  (informal, figuratively) A grip, understanding.
noun:  (colloquial)
noun:  A hangout.
noun:  A person that someone hangs out with.
noun:  (Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
noun:  (colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn.
noun:  A percussion instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG, somewhat resembling a steelpan, consisting of two metal half shells with tuned notes on the top side that produces a mellow and ethereal sound.
noun:  Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”) [A percussion instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG, somewhat resembling a steelpan, consisting of two metal half shells with tuned notes on the top side that produces a mellow and ethereal sound.]

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