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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Latitude Run Laurean Propane Table Fire Pit This sleek propane fire pit keeps gatherings cozy well into the fall and doubles as a stylish table for patio dinners and backyard hangouts.
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
Ethan Hawke plays Hart; the setting, for the most part, is Sardi’s, the Broadway hangout where directors and actors would gather, post-performance on opening night, to wait for the reviews to roll in.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
But at its heart, Nouvelle Vague is still a Linklater hangout film through and through; his flaneurs this time are just the likes of Godard (Guillaume Marbeck), François Truffaut (Adrien Rouyard), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin), and Suzanne Schiffman (Jodie Ruth-Forest).
—Tomris Laffly, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The hangout closed and the building was abandoned until 2016 when it was renovated by contractors who believed Skull's spirit brought a chill to a room that was without air-conditioning.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
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Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
Ethan Hawke plays Hart; the setting, for the most part, is Sardi’s, the Broadway hangout where directors and actors would gather, post-performance on opening night, to wait for the reviews to roll in.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
But at its heart, Nouvelle Vague is still a Linklater hangout film through and through; his flaneurs this time are just the likes of Godard (Guillaume Marbeck), François Truffaut (Adrien Rouyard), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Aubry Dullin), and Suzanne Schiffman (Jodie Ruth-Forest).
—Tomris Laffly, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The hangout closed and the building was abandoned until 2016 when it was renovated by contractors who believed Skull's spirit brought a chill to a room that was without air-conditioning.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hangout
haunt
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My colleague Patrick Ryan traveled to the Boss' old haunt in Asbury Park, The Stone Pony, to talk with both Jeremys in a must-read interview.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cooper visualizes Springsteen’s emotional and creative churn through black-and-white childhood flashbacks, and scenes of him driving around his old haunts in a muscle car, as well as tender montages of Bruce and Faye playing with her daughter at the boardwalk.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Hangout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hangout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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