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
  • And for broadcast leaders, please keep investing in reporters and tools to serve the traveling public.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The Toyota sideswiped another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction and lost control, striking Bowling near 35th Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the Oakland police previously told PEOPLE.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 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
  • The rest of the party is mostly silent, forever associating itself with a movement that’s intent on destroying the centrist parts of the Democratic Party.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of associating
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  • 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
  • Cohn lived a secret life, hooking up regularly with gay hustlers.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This is like the complete inverse of Tom Sandoval and Raquel hooking up at Coachella.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of hooking up
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  • The fantasy of a cultural architecture that’s as flexible as culture itself has been kicking around for more than 100 years, and there’s something obscurely disappointing about seeing a technocratic version get put into practice.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
  • Within the venue gates but outside the stands, groups of friends were playing cornhole and having picnic dinners from food trucks parked onsite; older attendees were chatting and kids were kicking around mini soccer balls.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
Definition of kicking around
Verb
  • The Chicago Cubs weren’t messing around at the trade deadline.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • His first two features were loose, low-budget films starring himself and made by messing around with friends; they were built on spontaneity and the belief that a movie reveals itself in the edit.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of messing around
Verb
  • The beach was packed, many vacationers lounging near the turquoise waters when the drone slammed into the white sand and burst into a fireball.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The 59-year-old actress posed topless while lounging by the pool during her Fiji Islands getaway with Van Hunt.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lounging
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“Hanging (around or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hanging%20%28around%20or%20out%29. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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