hanging (around or out)

verb

Definition of hanging (around or out)next
present participle of hang (around or out)
1
as in traveling
to come or be together as friends she still hangs around with her college roommate

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2
as in hacking (around)
to spend time doing nothing for my vacation I plan to rent a beach house and just hang out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hanging (around or out)
  1. traveling
  2. kicking back
  3. associating
  4. hanging about
  5. hooking up
  6. kicking around
  7. messing around
  8. lounging
Verb
  • The investigation is part of a broader crackdown on what’s known as birth tourism, the practice of traveling to another country, so a child is born there.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • New attractions include the Hip Hop ride, a traveling grand carousel with horses valued over $30,000 each and the first-ever First Peoples’ Art Showcase.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of traveling
Verb
  • But instead of kicking back, Nadal’s been busy building a hotel empire.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • Maybe that means kicking back by the pool with a refreshing summer drink in hand or treating yourself to a creative spin on a classic hot dog from one of these five Atlanta spots.
    — Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of kicking back
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the connection between hair shedding and ferritin is well documented, with studies associating low ferritin levels with telogen effluvium, a form of temporary hair loss.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 15 July 2026
  • Some jokes, including a riff on the history of the Wright Brothers, feel vaguely Dada, as if Marino and Wain had spent a long, happy stretch of aimless days drinking coffee and free-associating.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026
Definition of associating
Verb
  • President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • In 2019, city employees began hanging about 500 trick-or-treat pumpkin buckets in the trees on Main Street every October.
    — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Definition of hanging about
Verb
  • The broader argument for the Sky-ITV deal is that this is not consolidation for its own sake, but a necessary response to a market utterly transformed by platforms that barely existed the last time British broadcasters discussed hooking up.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • As the arrows on the chart indicate, the red line (sellers) is hooking down and the green line (buyers) is hooking up.
    — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of hooking up
Verb
  • Some of the finer moments for Nemes in the studio were during rehearsals, when the band was just kicking around ideas and jamming.
    — Tina Eves, SPIN, 1 July 2026
  • All told, it’s been a pretty spectacular and drama-free rollout for an idea that had been kicking around Hollywood for over 15 years.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 18 June 2026
Definition of kicking around
Verb
  • That sounds way better than messing around with a complex spider web of pole segments, elastic cords, sleeves and clips.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
  • Kylian liked messing around, having a laugh and telling jokes — just like the rest of us.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of messing around
Verb
  • For everyday wear, a linen short and linen shirt combo is the perfect set for lounging at home or running errands.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Getting the perfect shot of a lounging leopard seal or an emperor penguin posing in Antarctica is a photographer’s dream come true.
    — Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
Definition of lounging
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