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hanging

verb
/ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”).

  1. inherited from hangynge

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of hang

  2. Suspended.

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

  3. Unprotected and exposed to capture.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Hittable

      Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.

      • hanging breaking ball
      • hanging slider

    2. Ugly

      Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.

      • 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.

    3. Extending beyond the margins of a page.

      • hanging punctuation

    4. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to…

      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.
      • 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?

    5. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

      • The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

    6. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

      • I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

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Derived

antihanging, bedhanging, crapehanging, crepehanging, hanging judge, hanging offence, hanging tree, paperhanging, unexpected hanging paradox, wall hanging, wallhanging

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hanging. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hanging. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hanging

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA