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    hang
    /haŋ/

    verb

    • 1. suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free: "that's where people are supposed to hang their washing" Similar be suspendedhang downbe pendentdangleOpposite rise
    • 2. kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment): "he was hanged for murder" Similar execute by hanginghang by the necksend to the gallowssend to the gibbet

    noun

    • 1. a downward droop or bend: "the bullish hang of his head"

    exclamation

    • 1. used to express a range of strong emotions from enthusiasm to anger: dated South African, New Zealand "hang, but I loved those soldiers!"

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