hanging offence
A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.
Word reached the ear of the prosecuting attorney of the only testimony that could establish a motive and make the crime a hanging offence.
adj
Suspended.
The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
Unprotected and exposed to capture.
Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
hanging breaking ball
hanging slider
Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you. LEANNE: No I don’t. Shut yer mouth. MUGSEY: Your mum said he’s gonna end up just like his dad. LEANNE: She don’ even know Bingo. Anyway, I don’t fancy ‘im, ‘e’s hanging.
Extending beyond the margins of a page.
hanging punctuation
noun
The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.