hanging
Americannoun
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the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
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Often hangings. something that hangs or is hung on the walls of a room, as a drapery or tapestry.
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a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting.
a careless hanging of pictures.
adjective
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punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging.
a hanging crime; a hanging offense.
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inclined to inflict death by hanging.
a hanging jury.
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suspended; pendent; overhanging.
a hanging cliff.
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situated on a steep slope or at a height.
a hanging garden.
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directed downward.
a hanging look.
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made, holding, or suitable for a hanging object.
noun
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the putting of a person to death by suspending the body by the neck from a noose
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( as modifier )
a hanging offence
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(often plural) a decorative textile such as a tapestry or drapery hung on a wall or over a window
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the act of a person or thing that hangs
adjective
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not supported from below; suspended
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undecided; still under discussion
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inclining or projecting downwards; overhanging
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situated on a steep slope or in a high place
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(prenominal) given to issuing harsh sentences, esp death sentences
a hanging judge
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informal unpleasant
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chess See hanging pawn
Other Word Forms
- hangingly adverb
- unhanging adjective
Etymology
Origin of hanging
1250–1300; Middle English (noun, adj.), Old English hangande (adj.) See hang, -ing 1, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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Dean Commodore publishes videos which help teach his nearly half a million followers on TikTok and Instagram how to perform tasks such as bleeding a radiator and hanging a mirror.
From BBC
"I think I tried not to be too faithful. I didn't want the film sort of in my head, kind of hanging over me," he said.
From Barron's
“You have two gold medalist teams just hanging out before we’re going back to our respective cities. And it was just great to hear their experience.”
From Los Angeles Times
Moore said that while the muted stock reaction is surprising, the debates hanging over Nvidia’s stock “are longer term in nature.”
From MarketWatch
With front legs shaking, Handsome forced himself to take another step so that now he straddled two rocks, with his belly hanging over the water that rushed between them.
From Literature
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