hanger
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang + -er.
Pronunciation 1
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
- Homophone: hangar
Noun
hanger (plural hangers)
- One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
- A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
- 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits
- With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.
- 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits
- That by which a thing is suspended.
- A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
- A bridle iron.
- A clothes hanger.
- That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:
- He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them.
- (UK) A steep, wooded slope.
- 1789, Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selborne, Page 187:
- About the tenth of July in the same Summer a pair of sparrow-hawks bred in an old crow's nest on a low beech in the same hanger; and as their brood, which was numerous, began to grow up, became so daring and ravenous, that they were a terror to all the dames in the village that had chickens or ducklings under their care.
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble:
- 'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger
- (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed hence easy to hit.
Derived terms
Usage notes
Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).
Translations
hangman — see hangman
that by which a thing is suspended
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strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended
bridle iron — see bridle iron
clothes hanger
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that which hangs or is suspended
short, curved sword
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steep, wooded slope
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baseball: hanging pitch
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)
Noun
hanger (uncountable)
- (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
- 2015, Amanda Salis, “The science behind being "Hangry"”, in CNN "The conversation"[1]:
- The physiology of hanger. The carbohydrates, proteins and fats in everything you eat are digested into simple sugars (such as glucose), amino acids and free fatty acids. These nutrients pass into your bloodstream from where they are distributed to your organs and tissues and used for energy […]
Related terms
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English hanger, from Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang + -er.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧nger
Noun
hanger
- a coat hanger; a device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc., a clothes hanger
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hanger m (plural hangers, diminutive hangertje n)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: hanger
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hangêr (first-person possessive hangerku, second-person possessive hangermu, third-person possessive hangernya)
Further reading
- “hanger” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
hanger
- Alternative form of anger
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