hanging

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hang

   This is done by a set screw which works in a slot in the incline, so that without altering the hanging of the door, it can be raised to any required height.

   1847, editorial staff, “Improved Adjustable Incline Door and Gate Butt”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68

1. not comparableSuspended.

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

2. not comparableboard gamesUnprotected and exposed to capture.
3. not comparableslangball gamesHittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.

   hanging slider

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   hanging breaking ball

4. UKnot comparableslangUgly; 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.

   2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)

5. not comparablemediaExtending beyond the margins of a page.

   hanging punctuation

plural hangings

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

   The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.

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   Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

   No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?

   1728, Thomas Otway, “The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Soldier's Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume 2, London, page 37

   Public hangings were abolished in 1868 by Act of Parliament.

   1958 May 28, “Excursions Extraordinary”, in Railway Magazine, page 319

   Along with trial by ordeal, hanging was the most effective deterrent that could be devised in an age without police or prisons.

   1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 175

   It was just too bad that Milosevic died of "natural" causes in his cell in 2006 before he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, although a hanging would have been preferable.

   2022 March 10, Peter Lucas, “Lucas: Putin has blood on his hands and The Hague must make him pay”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2022

   Synonyms: halter, a quick drop and a sudden stop, Abraham's balsam, necktie party

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

   The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

3. uncountableThe way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

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