hang

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Usage notes 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Verb form 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms 4 Hungarian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pinyin syllable 5.1.1 Usage notes

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: hăng, IPA: /hæŋ/, SAMPA: /h{N/

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  Rhymes: -æŋ

[edit] Etymology 1

A fusion of Old English hōn (“‘to hang, be hanging’”) [intrans.] and hangian (“‘to hang, cause to hang’”) [trans.]; also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend" and hanga "be suspended"; all from a Proto-Germanic root *khang-, from Proto-Indo-European *keng- "to waver, be in suspense" (cfr. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers", Latin cunctari "to delay")

[edit] Verb

to hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle hung or hanged (mostly archaic and legal))

1. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.

   The lights hung from the ceiling.

2. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.

   The smoke hung in the room.

3. (transitive) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

   He hung his head in shame.

4. (transitive) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.

   Hang those lights from the ceiling.

5. (transitive, law) To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.

   The culprits were hanged from the nearest tree.

6. (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.

   You will hang for this, my friend.

7. (intransitive) (informal) To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.

   Are you busy, or can you hang with me?

   I didn't see anything, officer. I was just hanging.

8. (intransitive, computing) To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse.

   The computer has hung again. Not even pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<Del> works.

   When I push this button the program hangs.

9. (transitive) To exhibit (an object).
10. (transitive) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).

    Let's hang this cute animal design in the nursery

11. (transitive) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
12. (transitive) (computing) To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.

    The program has a bug that can hang the system.

13. (transitive, chess) To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.

    If you move there, you'll hang your queen rook.

14. (intransitive, chess) To be vulnerable to capture.

    In this standard opening position White has to be careful because the pawn on e4 hangs.

[edit] Synonyms

• (be or remain suspended): be suspended, dangle
• (float as if suspended): float, hover
• (execute (someone) by suspension from the neck): lynch, string up
• (be executed): go to the gallows, swing (informal)
• (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
• (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): lock up
• (in chess: cause to become vulnerable to capture):
• (in chess: be vulnerable to capture):

[edit] Usage notes

• Formerly, at least through the 16th century, the past tense of hang was hanged. This form is retained for the legal senses "to be executed by suspension from the neck" and "to execute by suspension from the neck" and hung for all other meanings. However, this rule is not uniformly understood or observed. Hung is sometimes substituted for hanged, which would be considered inappropriate in legal or other formal writing (for the applicable senses only) or, more rarely, vice versa. See also the etymology.
• "Hanged" may sometimes be used as the simple past tense, but "hung" could be taken as the past participle of "hang", through there is no good rationale for this distinction.

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[edit] Noun

hang (plural hangs)

1. The way in which something hangs.

   This skirt has a nice hang.

2. (figuratively) A grip, understanding

   He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations

3. (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.

   We sometimes get system hangs.

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• get the hang of

[edit] Etymology 2

From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of ham sandwich.

[edit] Noun

hang (uncountable)

1. (Irish, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

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hang

1. A slope

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[edit] Verb form

hang

1. first-person singular present tense of hangen
2. singular imperative of hangen

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hang (plural hangen, diminutive hangje, diminutive plural hangjes)

1. A support for hanging objects, such as a nail for a picture frame
2. A place to dry or smoke produce
3. A tendency, knack

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• hangijzer n.

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhɒŋg/

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hang (plural hangok)

1. A voice

   felemeli a hangját - raise one's voice

2. A sound

   lépések hangja - the sound of footsteps

[edit] Declension

declension of hang singular plural nominative hang hangok accusative hangot hangokat dative hangnak hangoknak instrumental hanggal hangokkal causal-final hangért hangokért translative hanggá hangokká terminative hangig hangokig essive-formal hangként hangokként essive-modal - - inessive hangban hangokban superessive hangon hangokon adessive hangnál hangoknál illative hangba hangokba sublative hangra hangokra allative hanghoz hangokhoz elative hangból hangokból delative hangról hangokról ablative hangtól hangoktól

possessives of hang possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. hangom hangjaim 2nd person sing. hangod hangjaid 3rd person sing. hangja hangjai 1st person plural hangunk hangjaink 2nd person plural hangotok hangjaitok 3rd person plural hangjuk hangjaik

[edit] Derived terms

csengőhang hangerő hangfal

hangol hangos hangsebesség hangsúly

hangszer hangszóró hangtalan

hangtompító hangverseny hangzat visszhang

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[edit] Mandarin

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hang

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones: hāng, háng, hǎng or hàng.

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English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.