Antonyms for hangs out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hang
Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ


Definition of hangs out

Origin :
  • a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
  • Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.
  • verb associate with; be residing in
Example sentences :
  • Then she hangs out with your sister, eh, and does her grandmother act there?
  • Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford
  • He lives nowhere, but there is some place where he hangs out.
  • Extract from : « The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness » by Cecil B. Hartley
  • You might take that spring balance which hangs out in the kitchen.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
  • Now, Turner's is where Riggs hangs out an' does his braggin'.
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey
  • I found out that his name is Claus, and that he hangs out in a pool-room.
  • Extract from : « The Haunted Mine » by Harry Castlemon
  • Then I'll trail th' gang all th' way an' back to where they hangs out.
  • Extract from : « Hopalong Cassidy » by Clarence E. Mulford
  • We've learned a good deal since we discovered that is where seventy-six hangs out.
  • Extract from : « The Messenger » by Elizabeth Robins
  • Now, there's Cheseldine, who hangs out in the Rim Rock way up the river.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Star Ranger » by Zane Grey
  • I think he hangs out somewhere along the river, or on one of the islands.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter and the Runaways » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • There is still no front to the body, and the heart, beating merrily away, hangs out in the yolk.
  • Extract from : « Natural Wonders » by Edwin Tenney Brewster

Synonyms for hangs out

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