hanging

About 13.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of hang
2. adjective Suspended.

   The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.

3. adjective Unprotected and exposed to capture.
4. adjective Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.

   hanging breaking ball

5. adjective Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
6. adjective Extending beyond the margins of a page.

   hanging punctuation

7. noun The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

   Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

8. noun Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

   The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

Similar words

dangling pendent wall hanging supported suspended pendant suspension dragging pegging hoisting

Often followed by

on from in over out around down up by

Word family

hangings