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hangin'

hangin' is the pronunciation spelling of hanging.

Meaning of hanging

Adjective

hanging (not comparable)

  1. Suspended.
    • The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
  2. Unprotected and exposed to capture.
  3. (slang) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
    • hanging breaking ball
  4. (UK, slang) Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
    • MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you.
      LEANNE: No I don’t. Shut yer mouth.
      MUGSEY: Your mum said he’s gonna end up just like his dad.
      LEANNE: She don’ even know Bingo. Anyway, I don’t fancy ‘im, ‘e’s hanging.2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)
  5. Extending beyond the margins of a page.
    • hanging punctuation

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What is hangin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Hangin' is the pronunciation spelling of hanging.

Words near hangin' in the dictionary

  1. hangfires
  2. Hanggin
  3. Hangha
  4. Hanghang
  5. hangi
  6. hangin'
  7. hanging
  8. hanging a left
  9. hanging a leg
  10. hanging a Louie
  11. hanging a Ralph

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