hang up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To put up to hang.
To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.
To stop talking.
To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
To rob or mug (someone).
To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).
To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).

en-au-hang up.ogg

hang up hangs up hanging up hung up

ring off

pick up the phone

hung up ring off

hang-up call

Finnish: vaivata Italian: tenere in sospeso Italian: tenere in attesa Italian: tenere sulle spine Italian: rimuginare Japanese: 弱らせる

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