hang
     n 1: a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it";
          "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he
          couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: {bent}, {knack}]
     2: the way a garment hangs; "he adjusted the hang of his coat"
     3: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal
        bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is
        supported by the arms
     v 1: be suspended or hanging; "The flag hung on the wall"
     2: cause to be hanging or suspended; "Hang that picture on the
        wall" [syn: {hang up}]
     3: kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday" [syn: {string
        up}]
     4: let drop or droop; "Hang one's head in shame"
     5: fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her
        long black hair flowed down her back" [syn: {fall}, {flow}]
     6: be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on
        my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
     7: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the
        recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They
        attended to everything he said" [syn: {attend}, {advert},
        {pay heed}, {give ear}]
     8: be suspended or poised; "Heavy fog hung over the valley"
     9: hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's
        hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" [syn: {cling}]
     10: be exhibited; "Picasso hangs in this new wing of the museum"
     11: prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
     12: decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang
         wallpaper"
     13: be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door
         doesn't hang right!"
     14: place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement
         in one direction; "hang a door"
     15: of meat, in order to get a gamey taste; "hang the venison
         for a few days"
     [also: {hung}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

hang v. 1. [very common] To wait for an event that will never occur.
   "The system is hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive".
   See {wedged}, {hung}. 2. To wait for some event to occur; to hang around
   until something happens. "The program displays a menu and then hangs
   until you type a character." Compare {block}. 3. To attach a peripheral
   device, esp. in the construction `hang off': "We're going to hang
   another tape drive off the file server." Implies a device attached with
   cables, rather than something that is strictly inside the machine's
   chassis.


Source: The Jargon File