hangout

[ hang-out ]

/ ˈhæŋˌaʊt /

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noun Informal.

a place where people gather for casual socializing or recreation: The pub is an ultracasual hangout, mostly frequented by undergraduates from the local university.

a place that a person frequently visits, especially for socializing or recreation: The record store was one of my favorite neighborhood hangouts when I was a kid.

verb phrase hang out

[hang-out] /ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/ .

to lean or be suspended through an opening: If you hang out the window that far, you're likely to fall right out!

to suspend in open view; display: Her family hangs out the flag every day, not just on holidays.

Informal. to frequent a particular place, especially in one's free time: We’ve all got friends who would rather hang out at a bookstore with a glass of wine than go clubbing.

Informal. to linger or loiter somewhere:We’ve got nothing better to do, so we’ll probably just hang out.

Informal. to spend time with someone:I’d love the chance to hang out with some like-minded folks.

Informal. to wait, especially briefly: Hang out a minute while I get my backpack.

Slang. to calm down: Hang out, Mom, I'm OK.

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Origin of hangout

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; noun use of verb phrase hang out

Words nearby hangout

hang-on, hang one on, hang one's head, hang on someone's words, hang on to your hat, hangout, hang out one's shingle, hang out to dry, hangover, hangry, Hang Seng Index

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How to use hangout in a sentence

Together with other risk-mitigation strategies, they simply make some lower risk hangouts possible.
I took an at-home Covid-19 test. I can see my friends now, right?|Katherine Ellen Foley|September 18, 2020|Quartz
Last Friday, John Mueller of Google said in a webmaster hangout video that if your site was negatively impacted by a Google core algorithm update, that you do not need to wait for the next time Google pushes out a core update to recover.
Google says you can recover from core updates without a new core update|Barry Schwartz|September 9, 2020|Search Engine Land
Just south of downtown is the urban hipster hangout, Fountain Square.
Escape to Indy for a weekend getaway|Bill Malcolm|September 4, 2020|Washington Blade
There is always something going on at this neighborhood hangout.
Escape to Indy for a weekend getaway|Bill Malcolm|September 4, 2020|Washington Blade

Even John Mueller discussed this issue in one of his hangout videos and suggested to deindex thin content.
The perfect SEO recipe to survive COVID-19 and the May core update|Sergio Arboledas|May 27, 2020|Search Engine Watch
In Israel, the hippie-hangout of Akhziv Land added its claim to independence to the already-contentious land of Israel.
So You Want to Rule a Kingdom? A Wacky History of One-Man Nations|Nina Strochlic|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also takes place near a minefield of rocks, is a hangout spot for sharks, and breaks on a reef.
Now That Everest Is Closed, Check Out These Other Extreme Adventures|Nina Strochlic|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We are aware we do not have capacity within Nigeria to rescue the girls,” she said in the Google Hangout.
Up to Speed: What’s Happening to Nigeria’s Kidnapped Girls?|Nina Strochlic|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They often went to Coney Island, where their usual hangout was Bay 4.
Rocker Lenny Kravitz’s Namesake Receives Medal of Honor|Michael Daly|March 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ali and his friends used to spend hours at the Somali hangout.
The Pirate Negotiator|Caitlin Dickson|November 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ward Three was the hangout of a cheap gang of hoodlums, numbering some four hundred, who went in for small crimes mostly.
Police Your Planet|Lester del Rey
If their spies had identified his former hangout, they'd never expect to have him set up research nearby.
Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey
He felt that revealing the general area of his hangout was not giving away too much of his secret.
Ticktock and Jim|Keith Robertson
They saw that it was a hangout that had been used for some time.
The Putnam Hall Rebellion|Arthur M. Winfield
It certainly looks as if Santa Cruz is the smugglers hangout.
The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty|Gerald Breckenridge

British Dictionary definitions for hangout

hang out

verb (adverb)

to suspend, be suspended, or lean, esp from an opening, as for display or airingto hang out the washing

(intr) informal to live at or frequent a placethe police know where the thieves hang out

(intr foll by with) informal to frequent the company (of someone)

slang to relax completely in an unassuming way (esp in the phrase let it all hang out)

(intr) US informal to act or speak freely, in an open, cooperative, or indiscreet manner

noun hang-out

informal a place where one lives or that one frequently visits

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hangout

hang out

Protrude downward, as in The dog's tongue was hanging out, or The branches hung out over the driveway. [c. 1400]

Display a flag or sign of some kind, as in They hung out the flag on every holiday. [Mid-1500s]

Reside, live, as in I've found a place downtown, and I'll be hanging out there beginning next week. [c. 1800]

Spend one's free time in; also, loiter, pass time idly. For example, They hung out around the pool parlor, or They spent the evening just hanging out. [Slang; mid-1900s]

hang out with. Keep company with, appear in public with, as in She's hanging out with her ex-boyfriend again. [Slang; second half of 1900s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with hang out; let it all hang out.