Word.ws English Dictionary

straphanging

straphanging is the present participle and gerund of straphang.

Meaning of straphang

Verb

straphang (third-person singular simple present straphangs, present participle straphanging, simple past and past participle straphung)

  1. (intransitive) To ride public transport while standing and holding onto a strap.
    • Instead of having people coming from the outskirts, straphanging in omnibuses and trains, working in the centre under congested conditions in badly lit, insanitary buildings[…]1932, Great Britain, Parliamentary debates: Official report: Volume 269

Questions about straphanging

What is straphanging the present participle and gerund of?
Straphanging is the present participle and gerund of straphang.

Words near straphanging in the dictionary

  1. strapdowns
  2. straped
  3. straphang
  4. straphanger
  5. straphangers
  6. straphanging
  7. straphangs
  8. straphung
  9. straping
  10. strapless
  11. straplesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: straphanging (page history and authors); straphang (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “straphanging.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/straphanging. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.