hanging
pronunciation
How to pronounce hanging in British English:
UK [ ˈhæŋɪŋ]
How to pronounce hanging in American English:
US [ ˈhæŋɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
- a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
- the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
Word Origin
- hanging (n.)
- c. 1300, "act of putting to death on the gallows," verbal noun from hang (v.). Meaning "piece of drapery on the wall of a room" is late 15c. Hangings "curtains, tapestry" is from 1640s.
- hanging (adj.)
- late 12c., present participle adjective from hang (v.). Hanging gardens (of Babylon), one of the wonders of the world, is Latin pensiles horti, Greek kremastoi kepoi. Hanging judge first recorded 1848.
Example
- 1. Another problem hanging over chinese palaeontology is fakery .
- 2. The global economy is like a train hanging over a cliff .
- 3. It remains the biggest fear hanging over the world 's second-biggest economy .
- 4. A hanging glacier throws off an avalanche of snow in antarctica 's south georgia island .
- 5. For instance , the attached baths have a space-saving water closet hanging off the tub .