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[hang one on]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To give a heavy blow to; hit hard. •/The champion hung one on his challenger in the second round and knocked him out of the ring./ 2. To get very drunk. •/After Smith lost his job, he went to a bar and hung one on./
[hang one’s head]{v. phr.} To bend your head forward in shame. •/Johnny hung his head when the teacher asked him if he broke the window./ Compare: HIDE ONE’S HEAD.
[hang on the words of] also [hang on the lips of]{v. phr.} To listen very attentively to. •/Ann hangs on every word of her history teacher and takes very careful notes. / •/As he went on with his speech, his auditors, deeply interested, hung on his lips./
[hang on to]{v.} To hold tightly; keep firmly. •/The child hung on to its mother’s apron, and would not let go./ •/John did not like his job, but decided to hang on to it until he found a better one./
[hang on to one’s mother’s apron strings] See: TIED TO ONE’S MOTHER’S APRON STRINGS.
[hang on to your hat] or [hold on to your hat] or [hold your hat]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Watch out; be prepared. — Used as a command, usually to warn of an unexpected action. •/"Hold on to your hat," said Jim as he stepped on the gas and the car shot forward./ 2. Get ready for a surprise. — Used as a command, usually to warn of unexpected news. •/"Hold on to your hat," said Mary. "Jim asked me to marry him."/
[hang out]{v.} 1. {slang} To spend your time idly or lounging about. •/The teacher complained that Joe was hanging out in poolrooms instead of doing his homework./ Compare: HANG AROUND(1). 2. {slang} To live; reside. •/Two policemen stopped the stranger and asked him where he hung out./ 3. To reach out farther than the part below. •/The branches of the trees hung out over the road./ •/The upper floor of that house hangs out above the first./
[hang out one’s shingle]{v. phr.}, {informal} To give public notice of the opening of an office, especially a doctor’s or lawyer’s office, by putting up a small signboard. •/The young doctor hung out his shingle and soon had a large practice./
[hangover]{n.} A bad feeling of nausea and/or headache the day after one has had too much to drink. •/Boy, did I have a hangover after that party yesterday!/
[hang over]{v.} 1. To be going to happen to; threaten. •/Great trouble hangs over the little town because its only factory has closed down./ 2. To remain to be finished or settled. •/The committee took up the business that hung over from its last meeting./
[hang over one’s head]{v. phr.} To be a danger or threat to you. — An overused phrase. •/Over Jimmy’s head hung the teacher’s suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination./ •/Death hangs over a bullfighter’s head every time he performs./
[hang round] See: HANG AROUND.
[hang ten]{v.}, {slang} 1. To be an outstanding performer on a surfboard or on a skateboard (referring to the user’s ten toes). •/I bet I am going to be able to hang ten if you let me practice on your skateboard./ 2. To be a survivor despite great odds. •/Don’t worry about Jack, he can hang ten anywhere!/
[hang together]{v.} 1. To stay united; help and defend one another. •/The club members always hung together when one of them was in trouble./ Syn.: STICK TOGETHER. Compare: STAND BY, STAND UP FOR. 2. {informal} To form a satisfactory whole; fit together. •/Jack’s story of why he was absent from school seems to hang together./
[hang up]{v.} 1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger. •/When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom./ 2a. To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection. •/Carol’s mother told her she had talked long enough on the phone and made her hang up./ 2b. To put a phone receiver back on its hook while the other person is still talking. — Used with "on". •/I said something that made Joe angry, and he hung up on me./ 3a. {informal} To cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable. — Usually used in the passive. •/Ann’s car was hung up in a snowdrift and she had to call a garageman to get it out./ 3b. {informal} To stick or get held so as to be immovable. •/A big passenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours./ 4. {informal} To cause a wait; delay. •/Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors./ 5. {informal} To set (a record.) •/Bob hung up a school record for long distance swimming./
[hang-up]{n.}, {informal} (stress on "hang") 1. A delay in some process. •/The mail has been late for several days; there must be some hang-up with the trucks somewhere./ 2. A neurotic reaction to some life situation probably stemming from a traumatic shock which has gone unconscious. •/Doctor Simpson believes that Suzie’s frigidity is due to some hang-up about men./
[happen on] or [happen upon]{v.}, {literary} To meet or find accidentally or by chance. •/The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp./ •/At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years./ Syn.: CHANCE ON, COME ACROSS(1),(3). Compare: HIT ON.
[happy] See: STRIKE A HAPPY MEDIUM, TRIGGER HAPPY at QUICK ON THE TRIGGER.
[happy as the day is long]{adj. phr.} Cheerful and happy. •/Carl is happy as the day is long because school is over for the summer./
[happy-go-lucky] See: FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE.
[happy hour]{n.}, {informal} A time in bars or restaurants when cocktails are served at a reduced rate, usually one hour before they start serving dinner. •/Happy hour is between 6 and 7 P.M. at Celestial Gardens./