hang dog
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
hang dog (countable and uncountable, plural hang dogs)
- (climbing) The situation of hanging on the rope after falling off a climb.
- (obsolete) A rascal, one fit to be executed by hanging.
Synonyms[edit]
- (rascal): gallows bird, wag-halter; See also Thesaurus:gallows bird
Further reading[edit]
- “hang dog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.