as in haunt
a place for spending time or for socializing
a favorite hangout of senior citizens is the local community center
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The Gilbert In-N-Out was a favorite hangout of the Goons and the site of seven parking lot attacks, according to beating videos, interviews and police records.
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
While the brand is regionally famed for its fried chicken, pie and assorted Americana comfort food, the Speedway location was also a popular hangout for some of IndyCar's biggest names over the years.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Marine Street Beach, which has low visibility from the street, often has been used as a hangout by local youths, with some of the gatherings involving alcohol or ending in fights.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
But because the parking structure’s panoramic top floor had long served as a public hangout, the new building maintains the tradition, offering even better 360 degree views over the skyline, as well as drinks, bites and music.
—New York Times, 10 July 2025
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
While the brand is regionally famed for its fried chicken, pie and assorted Americana comfort food, the Speedway location was also a popular hangout for some of IndyCar's biggest names over the years.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Marine Street Beach, which has low visibility from the street, often has been used as a hangout by local youths, with some of the gatherings involving alcohol or ending in fights.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
But because the parking structure’s panoramic top floor had long served as a public hangout, the new building maintains the tradition, offering even better 360 degree views over the skyline, as well as drinks, bites and music.
—New York Times, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangout
haunt
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This wealthy municipality west of Lisbon was a turn-of-the-century haunt for aristocrats in search of its therapeutic thermal waters, before finding wartime fame in the 1940s as a den of espionage on both sides thanks to Portugal’s neutrality.—
Zoë Dare Hall,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The bar, once a haunt of the dean of Los Angeles food writing Jonathan Gold, closed in 2024.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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“Hangout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangout. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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