hanger

From Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hæŋə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
• Homophone: hangar

hanger (plural hangers)

1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.
2. A person who attempts suicide by hanging.
   • 2017, Ronald V. Clarke, Suicide: Closing the Exits

     With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.

3. That by which a thing is suspended.
   1. A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
   2. A bridle iron.
   3. A clothes hanger.
4. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.
   • 1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle:

     He was a stout old gentleman, with a weather-beaten countenance; he wore a laced doublet, broad belt and hanger, high-crowned hat and feather, red stockings, and high-heeled shoes, with roses in them.

5. (Britain) A steep, wooded slope.
   • 1789, Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selborne, Page 187:

     About the tenth of July in the same Summer a pair of sparrow-hawks bred in an old crow's nest on a low beech in the same hanger; and as their brood, which was numerous, began to grow up, became so daring and ravenous, that they were a terror to all the dames in the village that had chickens or ducklings under their care.

   • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble:

     'Twould blow like this through holt and hanger

6. (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed hence easy to hit.

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Not to be confused with hangar (a garage-like building for airplanes).

Blend of hunger +‎ anger.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhæŋɡɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhæŋɡə/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡə(ɹ)

hanger (uncountable)

1. (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger.
   • 2015, Amanda Salis, “The science behind being "Hangry"”, in CNN "The conversation"‎:

     The physiology of hanger. The carbohydrates, proteins and fats in everything you eat are digested into simple sugars (such as glucose), amino acids and free fatty acids. These nutrients pass into your bloodstream from where they are distributed to your organs and tissues and used for energy […]

• hangry

• Hagner, Rhegan, rehang

From English hanger, from Middle English hanger, haunger, hangere, equivalent to hang +‎ -er.

• Hyphenation: ha‧nger

hanger

1. a coat hanger; a device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc., a clothes hanger

From hangen +‎ -er

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• Hyphenation: han‧ger
• Rhymes: -ɑŋər

hanger m (plural hangers, diminutive hangertje n)

1. hanger
2. jewel that hangs

hanger

1. Alternative form of anger