plural of hanging

(intransitive) To be or remain suspended. / (intransitive) To float, as if suspended. / (intransitive) To veer in one direction.

The way in which something hangs. / A mass of hanging material. / A slackening of motion. / A sharp or steep declivity or slope. / (computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input.

(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.

Alternative spelling of Hang (“musical instrument”)

(derogatory, obsolete) A dependent; a hanger-on.

(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To wait a moment. / To hold, grasp, or grip. / (idiomatic) To keep; to store something for someone.

present participle of hang

Suspended. / (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture. / (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.

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