hang around

hang a·round

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hang uh-round]
- /hæŋ əˈraʊnd/
- /hæŋ əˈraʊnd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hang uh-round]
- /hæŋ əˈraʊnd/

Definitions of hang around words

verb with object hang around to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 1
verb with object hang around to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. 1
verb with object hang around to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. 1
verb with object hang around to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. 1
verb with object hang around to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic. 1
verb with object hang around to fasten to a cross; crucify. 1

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Origin of hang around

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; fusion of 3 verbs: (1) Middle English, Old English hōn to hang (transitive), cognate with Gothic hāhan, orig. *haghan; (2) Middle English hang(i)en, Old English hangian to hang (intransitive), cognate with German hangen; (3) Middle English henge < Old Norse hengja (transitive), cognate with German hängen to hang

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Parts of speech for Hang around

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hang around

hang around popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for hang around

verb hang around

abide — to tolerate; put up with
affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
frequent — happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.

All 17 Synonyms of hang around