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hangout

hangout noun: a place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

Noun

hangout (plural hangouts)

  1. A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.
    • Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time.
    • My connection to gay men and lesbians in Cuba came about through the help of a straight man, Rafael, whom I'd met in old Havana. A day after I told him of my search, he came to me with names of three tea houses known to be gay/lesbian hang-outs. We went together and found a mix of gay and straight...1990 December 16, “Going To Cuba”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 10
  2. A casual meeting for informal chat.

hangout meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

hangout in Hindi

हैंगआउट, हैंगआउट करें

hangout in Tamil

ஹேங்கவுட், ஹேங்அவுட், ஹங்கவுட்

hangout in Marathi

हँगआऊट, हँगआउट, हॅंगआउट

hangout in Bengali

হ্যাঙ্গআউট, হ্যাংগআউট
More languagesFewer languages
hangout in Telugu
హాంగ్అవుట్, హ్యాంగ్అవుట్
hangout in Malayalam
ഹാങ്ഔട്ട്, ഹാംഗ്ഔട്ട്
hangout in Kannada
ಹ್ಯಾಂಗ್ಔಟ್
hangout in Punjabi
ਹੈਂਗਆਊਟ, ਹੰਗਆਊਟ, ਹੰਗਆਉਟ
hangout in Gujarati
હેંગઆઉટ, હેંગઆઉટ કરો, હેન્ગઆઉટ
hangout in Odia
ହଙ୍ଗଆଉଟ୍, ହଙ୍ଗଆଉଟ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ହଙ୍ଗ୍ଆଉଟ୍
hangout in Nepali
हङ्गआउट, ह्याङआउट, ह्याङ्गआउट
hangout in Tagalog
tambayan
hangout in Indonesian
tongkrongan

Examples of hangout in a sentence

  • I remember when this diner was a quiet hangout, but lately it seems to be losing its cachet.
  • It could signal artistic ferment, a youth hangout, rebellion, or an alternative lifestyle.
  • When he was in high school, he ran into similar conundrums, so he would organize phone-free hangouts with friends.

All 11 example sentences with hangout

Forms of hangout

pluralhangouts

Plural of hangout: hangouts

Origin of hangout

From hang + out, as a deverbal from hang out.

Questions about hangout

What does hangout mean?
Hangout means a place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.
What is hangout in Hindi?
Hangout in Hindi is हैंगआउट, हैंगआउट करें. See Hangout meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hangout?
Hangout is a noun.
What is the plural of hangout?
The plural of hangout is hangouts.

Words near hangout in the dictionary

  1. hangnail
  2. hangnailed
  3. hangnails
  4. hangnest
  5. hangnests
  6. hangout
  7. hangouts
  8. hangover
  9. hangoverish
  10. hangoverless
  11. hangoverlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hangout (page history and authors); hangout (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hangout (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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