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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hang•ing /ˈhæŋɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. - the act or instance of executing a condemned prisoner by suspension by the neck from a noose until dead: [uncountable]Public hanging was outlawed.[countable]to witness a hanging.
- something for hanging on a wall, as a tapestry:[countable]a beautiful wall hanging.
adj. [before a noun] - punishable by or deserving death by hanging:a hanging crime.
- willing or likely to cause death by hanging:a hanging jury; a hanging judge.
- situated on a steep slope:a hanging garden.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hang•ing (hang′ing),USA pronunciation n. - the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.
- Often, hangings. something that hangs or is hung on the walls of a room, as a drapery or tapestry.
- a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting:a careless hanging of pictures.
adj. - punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging:a hanging crime; a hanging offense.
- inclined to inflict death by hanging:a hanging jury.
- suspended;
pendent;
overhanging:a hanging cliff. - situated on a steep slope or at a height:a hanging garden.
- directed downward:a hanging look.
- made, holding, or suitable for a hanging object.
- Middle English (noun, nominal, adjective, adjectival), Old English hangande (adjective, adjectival) See hang, -ing1, -ing2 1250–1300
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