- the way in which a dress, piece of cloth, etc. falls or moves
- Small weights sewn into the hems will improve the hang of your curtains.
Word OriginOld English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga.
Idioms
See hang in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryget the hang of something
- (informal) to learn how to do or to use something; to understand something
- It's not difficult once you get the hang of it.
- I can’t seem to get the hang of this game.
- I never got the hang of negative numbers.
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