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- [hang loos]
- /hæŋ lus/
- /hæŋ luːs/
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- [hang loos]
- /hæŋ lus/
Definitions of hang loose words
- verb with object hang loose to let loose; free from bonds or restraint. 1
- verb with object hang loose to release, as from constraint, obligation, or penalty. 1
- verb with object hang loose Chiefly Nautical. to set free from fastening or attachment: to loose a boat from its moorings. 1
- verb with object hang loose to unfasten, undo, or untie, as a bond, fetter, or knot. 1
- verb with object hang loose to shoot; discharge; let fly: to loose missiles at the invaders. 1
- verb with object hang loose to make less tight; slacken or relax. 1
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Origin of hang loose
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; fusion of 3 verbs: (1) Middle English, Old English hōn to hang (transitive), cognate with Gothic hāhan, orig. *haghan; (2) Middle English hang(i)en, Old English hangian to hang (intransitive), cognate with German hangen; (3) Middle English henge < Old Norse hengja (transitive), cognate with German hängen to hang
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Parts of speech for Hang loose
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hang loose popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hang loose usage trend in Literature
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verb hang loose
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
adj hang loose
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- serene — calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
- self-possessed — having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
- offhand — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- relaxed — being free of or relieved from tension or anxiety: in a relaxed mood.
Antonyms for hang loose
verb hang loose
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
adj hang loose
- worried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
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