English Explanatory Dictionary

hanger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.
  2. A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
  3. That by which a thing is suspended.
  4. A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
  5. A bridle iron.
  6. A clothes hanger.
  7. Ellipsis of derailleur hanger
  8. A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.
  9. A steep, wooded slope.
  10. A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
  11. Synonym of spectacular mark.
  12. A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.
noun
  1. Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæŋ.əː/ [ˈhæŋ.əː] En-au-hanger.ogg /ˈhɛŋ.ɘː/ [ˈhɛŋ.ɘː] /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/ [ˈhæŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈhæŋ.ɹ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-hanger (noun, one who hangs).wav /ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɚ/ [ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɹ̩] /ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɚ/ [ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɚ] ~ [ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɹ̩] /ˈhæŋ.ɡəː/ [ˈhæŋ.ɡəː] /ˈhɛŋ.ɡɘː/ [ˈhɛŋ.ɡɘː] /ˈhæŋ.ɡɚ/ [ˈhæŋ.ɡɚ] ~ [ˈhæŋ.ɡɹ̩] /ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɡɚ/ [ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɡɚ] ~ [ˈheɪ̯ŋ.ɡɹ̩] /ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɡɚ/ [ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɡɚ] ~ [ˈhɛ̃ŋ.ɡɹ̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-hanger (noun, hunger+anger).wav

Word forms

hanger hangers

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang + -er. Cognate with West Frisian hinger (“hanger”), Dutch hanger (“hanger”), German Hänger (“hanger”), Henker (“hangman”), Danish hænger (“hanger”), Norwegian henger (“hanger”), Swedish hängare (“hanger”).

Synonyms

spectacular mark

Related words

hangry

Derived words

a hanger and a flogger apehanger bottle hanger busy as a one-armed paper hanger casing hanger cliff hanger cliff-hanger cliffhanger clothing hanger coat-hanger crapehanger crepehanger doorhanger door hanger goalhanger hangar queen hangar rash hangar rat hanger and flogger hangerless hanger on hanger-on hanger steak mech hanger monkey hanger onhanger on-hanger paperhanger post hanger pothanger straphanger wall hanger

Translations

Armenian: կախիչ Bulgarian: закачалка Finnish: ripustin Finnish: kannatin German: Kleiderbügel Korean: 매다는 사람
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