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    • \ ˈhaŋ-ˌau̇t 

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    [Noun]  | "hang*out" | \ ˈhaŋ-ˌau̇t \


    1: a favorite place for spending time; also : a place frequented for entertainment or for socializing

    Origin: circa 1893 ;

    [Verb]  | "hang out" 


    1: to protrude and droop

    2: to spend time idly or in relaxing or socializing

    3: to display (something) outside as an announcement to the public —used chiefly in the phrase hang out a/one's shingle in the figurative sense "to start a business, begin working professionally"

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "hang" | \ ˈhaŋ \


    1: to fasten to some elevated point without support from below : suspend

    2: to suspend by the neck until dead —often hanged in the past—often used as a mild oath

    3: to fasten so as to allow free motion within given limits upon a point of suspension

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Partly from Middle English hon, from Old English hōn, transitive verb; partly from Middle English hangen, from Old English hangian, intransitive verb & transitive verb; both akin to Old High German hāhan, transitive verb, to hang, hangēn, intransitive verb {mat|cunctation|};

    [Verb]  | "let" | \ ˈlet \


    1: to cause to : make

    2: to give opportunity to or fail to prevent

    3: —used in the imperative to introduce a request or proposal

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English leten, from Old English lǣtan; akin to Old High German lāzzan to permit, and perhaps to Lithuanian lėnas tranquil;

    [Idiom]  | "hang out one's shingle" 


    1: to start one's own business especially as a doctor or lawyer

    [Noun]  | "hangout" 


    1: a place for spending time or for socializing;


      * e.g., " ... a favorite hangout of senior citizens is the local community center "



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    [Verb]  | "hang (around or out)" 


    1: to come or be together as friends;


      * e.g., " ... she still hangs around with her college roommate "



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    2: to spend time doing nothing;


      * e.g., " ... for my vacation I plan to rent a beach house and just hang out "



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    [Verb]  | "hang" 


    1: to place on an elevated point without support from below;


      * e.g., " ... hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall "




    2: to be determined by, based on, or subject (to);


      * e.g., " ... our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather "



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    3: to be limp from lack of water or vigor;


      * e.g., " ... as they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other "



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    [Verb]  | "hang (at)" 


    1: to go to or spend time in often;


      * e.g., " ... most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours "




    [Verb]  | "hang (over)" 


    1: to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on;


      * e.g., " ... as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in "



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    [Verb]  | "let" 


    1: to give permission to;


      * e.g., " ... my parents would not let me drive until I had a job and could pay for my own gas "




    2: to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment;


      * e.g., " ... the pensioner has begun letting rooms in her home to earn some extra money "




    3: to make able or possible;


      * e.g., " ... the low gravity on the moon lets you make enormous leaps and jumps "




     [ "hang out" ]

    1: Less serious than getting together or dating. Spending time with someone in the context of friendship or in the context of casually exploring whether you like someone as just a friend or maybe more than a friend.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm gonna hang out with my best friend this weekend. We should hang out some time. 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: verb (informal)

      * e.g.,  ... Friend: "Dude, you never hang out with me anymore." 

     [ "hang out" ]

    2: to socialize with in public Comes from the formal meaning of "hang out": to protrude or stick out. Hence, the use of "out" for public. Not to be confused with "hang with", which is an umbrella term that includes socializing publicly or privately.

      * e.g.,  ... You: "Not true: even though I don't get out of my house much, I still socialize with you on Facebook, which can be seen by other people." 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: anything from eating and sleeping to riding bikes and playing football

      * e.g.,  ... lets hangout. 

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    1: According to Aileen Ward's biography of John Keats (English poet (1795-1821), who took an interest in English slang of the day, "hanging out" connoted "stopping at a tavern," i.e. spending time drinking, which fully comports with the modern sense of the slang expression. This indicates that the phrase was current in London in 1816 at the latest!

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey, Keats, man: Byron and some of the other poetic dudes are planning to hang out at Jack Straws before we go to sup. Like to join us?" 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: To have casual sex, usually implying with someone on the regular.

      * e.g.,  ... Is that what the kids are calling it these days? Hanging out? 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: usually referred to chillen wit ones friends but also can be used as code in front of ones parents to mean "lets get messed up tonight"

      * e.g.,  ... hey.. u wanna "hang out" or just chill? 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: Wow you people are so lonely that you want to know what it means to "hang out with somebody"? Man get a life.

      * e.g.,  ... Sup? Nmu? Same wanna hang out? No 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: code word for "lets go out!" or "were bf and gf cuz were hanging out"

      * e.g.,  ... Me and my girl are going to hang out together.Translation me and my girl are going on a date. Me and her are going to hang out at my place = me and her are going to do it at my house. 

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    1: a phrase that, during the nationwide quarantine of 2020, lost all meaning. it previously described a group of friends gathered together in physical space to enjoy pass time enjoyably. since that's basically illegal these days, it now refers to the act of killing time and boredom with another person via the internet.

      * e.g.,  ... Let's hang out tonight. Since we can't meet in person, maybe we could get together on Zoom and debate inane nonsense. 

     [ "hang out" ]

    1: To dry ones clothes and other linen by means of naturally occurring wind currents, usually via a line or a cord transfixed to a hook that is usually on a pole, but can also be attatched to a hook or fixture on the wall of a building.

      * e.g.,  ... Mark went to hang out his clothes to dry, cuz he don't have a maytag dryer. What a cheap-ass! 

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