hing
/hɪŋ/
hing is the alternative form of hang.
Meaning of hang
Verb
hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle hung or (law) hanged)
- To be or remain suspended.
- The lights hung from the ceiling.
- Synonyms:
- be suspend, dangle
- To float, as if suspended.
- The smoke hung in the room.
- To veer in one direction.
- The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside[…]1979, Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, New South Wales Law Reports (non-fiction), New South Wales: Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, published 1979, page 16
- To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- He hung his head in shame.
- To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- Hang those lights from the ceiling.
Noun
hing (uncountable)
- Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.
Proper noun capitalized: Hing
Hing (plural Hings)
- A Chinese surname from Teochew.
Forms of hing
| plural | Hings |
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Origin of hing
Borrowed from Hindi हींग (hīṅg).
From Teochew 王 (hêng5).
Words that rhyme with hing
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sling
- bring
- jing
- ding
- cling
- unstring
- ming
- bing
- ching
- fingerling
- something
- zing
- Byng
- Beijing
- bling
- cha-ching
- ling
- Peking
- peng ting
- Singh
- thring
- Tring
- upswing
- abstinence ring
- aswing
- awing
- badelynge
- bering
- Chongqing
- conserving
- ging
- hang gliding
- ing
- Jingning
- Jining
- ka-ching
- kerching
- Kunming
- mis-sing
- morphling
- pling
- png
- qing
- Southern Ming
- submitting
- tang ping
- ting
- tinkering
Questions about hing
- What does hing mean?
- Hing means asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.
- What is hing the alternative form of?
- Hing is the alternative form of hang.
- What part of speech is hing?
- Hing can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hing?
- Hing is pronounced /hɪŋ/.
Words near hing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hing (page history and authors); Hing (page history and authors); hang (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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