Link Centre Dictionary

hanger

han·ger

UK/ˈhɛŋ.ɡɘː/ US/ˈhæŋ.ɡəː/ uncommon informal slang uk

noun

1.

a worker who hangs something

2.

anything from which something can be hung

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • a hanger and a flogger
  • bottle hanger
  • busy as a one-armed paper hanger
  • casing hanger
  • cliff hanger
  • clothing hanger
  • door hanger
  • hangar queen

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.