Hang about


Synonyms for hang about/hang around/hang out
verb associate with; be residing in

abide
affect
dally
frequent
haunt

linger
live
loiter
reside
resort

roam
swell
tarry
waste time
get along with

have relations with
spend time
stand around

Antonyms for hang about

condemn

Usage Notes

Hang has two forms for the past tense and past participle, hanged and hung. The historically older form hanged is now used exclusively in the sense of causing or putting to death: He was sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead. In the sense of legal execution, hung is also quite common and is standard in all types of speech and writing except in legal documents. When legal execution is not meant, hung has become the more frequent form: The prisoner hung himself in his cell.

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