hanging

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of hang

Adjective

• Suspended.
• Unprotected and exposed to capture.
• Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
• Ugly; very unattractive.
• Disgusting

Noun

• The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
• A sometimes-public event at which a person is hanged.
• Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).
• The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

Related

Similar words

• a quick drop and a sudden stop, Abraham's balsam, hempen elixir, necktie party

Origin

• From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen and hōhing.