hang out.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

hang out (third-person singular simple present hangs out, present participle hanging out, simple past and past participle hung out)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, often with with) To spend time with somebody; to regularly meet with somebody.

   Synonyms: socialize, hang with, roll with

   After the film, do you want to go hang out?

   He hung out with his friends all day yesterday.

   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page xxiii. 177:

     "I promise to take care of myself. Yes; I won't take any risks. Not a single blessed risk. Of course not. I mean to hang out. Don't worry. Jove! I feel as though nothing could touch me. Why! this is luck from the word Go."

   • 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 25 April 2025:

     The sisters, and their cousin Thomas Cummins, had gone onto the bridge that night to see a poem Julie Kerry had painted on it, and as they did so they bumped into Clemons and three other young men who were hanging out there.

2. (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To lodge or reside; to exist.
   • 1836-37, Charles Dickens, chapter 30, in The Pickwick Papers:

     Mr Bob Sawyer... inquired: I say, old boy, where do you hang out? Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture.

3. (dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.

   The juryman hangs out against an agreement.

4. (informal) To crave or desperately want (something).
5. (informal) To endure or delay.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang,‎ out.

   When a dog pants, its tongue often hangs out of its mouth.

同意語

• lepak (Malaysia, Singapore)
• relax

派生語

• hangout

関連する語

• hang around
• hang with

参考

• hang out one's shingle
• hang out to dry

アナグラム

• Aughton, Tonghua, tohunga

発音

名詞

hangout (plural hangouts)

1. A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

   Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time.

   • 1990 December 16, “Going To Cuba”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 10:

     My connection to gay men and lesbians in Cuba came about through the help of a straight man, Rafael, whom I'd met in old Havana. A day after I told him of my search, he came to me with names of three tea houses known to be gay/lesbian hang-outs. We went together and found a mix of gay and straight people.

2. A casual meeting for informal chat.

関連する語

• hang out
• hang with
• hang around
• limited hangout

アナグラム

• Aughton, Tonghua, tohunga