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hangs out

hangs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang out.

Meaning of hang out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, often, slang) To spend time with somebody; to regularly meet with somebody.
    • After the film, do you want to go hang out?
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To lodge or reside; to exist.
    • Mr Bob Sawyer... inquired: I say, old boy, where do you hang out? Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture.1836-37, Charles Dickens, chapter 30, in The Pickwick Papers
  3. (dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.
    • The juryman hangs out against an agreement.
  4. (informal) To crave or desperately want (something).
  5. (informal) To endure or delay.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out.
    • When a dog pants, its tongue often hangs out of its mouth.
    Synonyms:
    lepak, relax

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Hangs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hang out.

Words near hangs out in the dictionary

  1. hangs one's hat
  2. hangs one's hat on
  3. hangs one's head
  4. hangs one's lip
  5. hangs onto
  6. hangs out
  7. hangs out one's shingle
  8. hangs out to dry
  9. hangs over
  10. hangs over someone's head
  11. hangs round

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hangs out (page history and authors); hang out (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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