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hanging.

Suspended.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhæŋɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhaŋɪŋ/British, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈhaŋɪŋ//ˈhaŋɡɪŋɡ/
  1. Suspended.

    not-comparable
    The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
  2. Unprotected and exposed to capture.

    not-comparable
  3. Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.

    not-comparable · slang
    hanging breaking ball
    hanging slider
  4. Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.

    UK · not-comparable · slang
  5. Extending beyond the margins of a page.

    not-comparable
    hanging punctuation
Where this word comes from

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noun/ˈhæŋɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhaŋɪŋ/British, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈhaŋɪŋ//ˈhaŋɡɪŋɡ/
  1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

    countable · uncountable
    Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
    The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
  2. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

    countable
    The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
  3. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

    uncountable
    I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”).

verb/ˈhæŋɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhaŋɪŋ/British, Southern, Standard, Wales/ˈhaŋɪŋ//ˈhaŋɡɪŋɡ/
  1. present participle and gerund of hang

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
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