Definition of "hanging" in Anglais

verb

1. present participle and gerund of hang

adjective

1. Suspended.

   • The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.

2. (chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.

3. (baseball, slang, of an off-speed pitch) Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.

   • hanging breaking ball
   • hanging slider

4. (UK, slang, of a person, originally Manchester) 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.

5. (typography, of a punctuation mark) Extending beyond the margins of a page.

   • hanging punctuation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

   • Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
   • The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.

2. (countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

   • The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

3. (uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

   • I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.