Synonyms for hang-out


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hang
Phonetic Transcription : hæŋ

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Définition of hang-out

Origin :
  • a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
  • Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.
  • noun social place
Example sentences :
  • But is that hang-out of the foxes on the way to the old mansion you mentioned?
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
  • At noon he'll be at the water hole, four mile north of the hang-out.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Well, if they had a hang-out at Aves, that would have been dead easy.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Detectives in the Jungle » by A. Hyatt Verrill
  • They had all been in for breakfast, and were now returned to the hang-out to chat and scheme.
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • He has two systems of morality: one for his business, and the other for the hang-out.
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • He himself calls it a gang, and his club-house a "hang-out."
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • Dump: a lodging-house or restaurant; synonymous with "hang-out."
  • Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
  • "A hang-out for quitters and a meeting-place for yeggs," he thought.
  • Extract from : « Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist » by John T. McIntyre
  • The ranch was still a hang-out for every waster in the country.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Strong Men » by Arthur M. Chisholm
  • "May you sleep well in Jim Galloway's hang-out," said Norton lightly.
  • Extract from : « The Bells of San Juan » by Jackson Gregory

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