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hang around

hang around verb: to stay, linger, or loiter.

Verb

hang around (third-person singular simple present hangs around, present participle hanging around, simple past and past participle hung around)

  1. (idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter.
    • If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
    • I would have liked to have hung around in Birmingham, but my connections are tight owing to a points failure, and I make the CrossCountry Class 170 to Derby by the skin of my teeth.2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 57
  2. (idiomatic) To spend time or be friends. (especially to hang around with someone)
    • My daughter likes to hang around with older kids after school.
    • Oh well uh, you might think I'm crazy / To hang around with you / Or maybe you think I'm lucky / To have somethin' to do1984, Ric Ocasek, “You Might Think”, in Heartbeat City, performed by The Cars

hang around meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

hang around in Bengali

থাকা, দেরি করা, অযথাই ঘোরাফেরা করা, সময় কাটানো, বন্ধুত্ব করা

hang around in Malayalam

linger, loiter, wait around
ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി നില്ക്കുക, പിരിഞ്ഞുപോകാതിരിക്കുക, വെറുതെ കറങ്ങിനടക്കുക, അലസമായി നടക്കുക, വെറുതെ ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയുക, അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയുക
hang on, clutch, hold on
കാത്തുനിൽക്കുക, പിടിച്ചുനില്ക്കുക, അള്ളിപ്പിടിച്ചു കിടക്കുക, കുത്തിപ്പിടിക്കുക, അമർത്തിപ്പിടിക്കുക, വിടാതെ ബലമായി പിടിക്കുക
socialize, associate, mix
ചേരുക, കൂട്ടുകൂടുക, കൂട്ടുകെട്ടായിരിക്കുക, സഹവസിക്കുക, കൂട്ടിരിക്കുക, കൂട്ടുപിടിക്കുക

hang around in Kannada

ಅಲ್ಲೇ ಸುತ್ತುತ್ತಿರು, ಅಲೆದಾಡುತ್ತಿರು, ಅಲ್ಲಲ್ಲೇ ತಿರುಗಾಡು, ಅಲೆದಾಡು, ಠಳಾಯಿಸು

Forms of hang around

third-person singular presenthangs around
present participlehanging around
past participlehung around
pasthung around

Questions about hang around

What does hang around mean?
Hang around means to stay, linger, or loiter.
What is hang around in Bengali?
Hang around in Bengali is থাকা, দেরি করা, অযথাই ঘোরাফেরা করা. See Hang around meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hang around?
Hang around is a verb.
What is the past tense of hang around?
The past tense of hang around is hung around.

Words near hang around in the dictionary

  1. hang a roger
  2. hang a shingle
  3. hang a uey
  4. hang about
  5. hang an arse
  6. hang around
  7. hang back
  8. hang behind
  9. hang by a hair
  10. hang by a thread
  11. hang by the eyelids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hang around (page history and authors); hang around (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hang around (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hang around (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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