hang: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with H · ends with G
Meaning of hang
verb
- intransitive
To be or remain suspended.
Example: The lights hung from the ceiling.
- intransitive
To float, as if suspended.
Example: The smoke hung in the room.
- intransitive
To veer in one direction.
- intransitive, usually
To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
Listed forms: hangs, hanging, hung, hanged, glossary.
Source: Wiktionary — hang.
noun
The way in which something hangs.
Example: This skirt has a nice hang.
A mass of hanging material.
A slackening of motion.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
Listed forms: hangs.
Source: Wiktionary — hang.
noun
- Ireland, derogatory, informal, uncountable
Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
Source: Wiktionary — hang.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hang.
noun
a special way of doing something
verb
cause to be hanging or suspended
- hang up
verb
kill by hanging
- string up
verb
fall or flow in a certain way
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hang in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hang
H(4) + A(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 8 points.
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Anagrams of hang
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from hang
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