CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HANG ABOUT
PRESENT
Present
I hang about
you hang about
he/she/it hangs about
we hang about
you hang about
they hang about
Present continuous
I am hanging about
you are hanging about
he/she/it is hanging about
we are hanging about
you are hanging about
they are hanging about
Present perfect
I have hanged about
you have hanged about
he/she/it has hanged about
we have hanged about
you have hanged about
they have hanged about
Present perfect continuous
I have been hanging about
you have been hanging about
he/she/it has been hanging about
we have been hanging about
you have been hanging about
they have been hanging about
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I hanged about
you hanged about
he/she/it hanged about
we hanged about
you hanged about
they hanged about
Past continuous
I was hanging about
you were hanging about
he/she/it was hanging about
we were hanging about
you were hanging about
they were hanging about
Past perfect
I had hanged about
you had hanged about
he/she/it had hanged about
we had hanged about
you had hanged about
they had hanged about
Past perfect continuous
I had been hanging about
you had been hanging about
he/she/it had been hanging about
we had been hanging about
you had been hanging about
they had been hanging about
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will hang about
you will hang about
he/she/it will hang about
we will hang about
you will hang about
they will hang about
Future continuous
I will be hanging about
you will be hanging about
he/she/it will be hanging about
we will be hanging about
you will be hanging about
they will be hanging about
Future perfect
I will have hanged about
you will have hanged about
he/she/it will have hanged about
we will have hanged about
you will have hanged about
they will have hanged about
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hanging about
you will have been hanging about
he/she/it will have been hanging about
we will have been hanging about
you will have been hanging about
they will have been hanging about
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would hang about
you would hang about
he/she/it would hang about
we would hang about
you would hang about
they would hang about
Conditional continuous
I would be hanging about
you would be hanging about
he/she/it would be hanging about
we would be hanging about
you would be hanging about
they would be hanging about
Conditional perfect
I would have hang about
you would have hang about
he/she/it would have hang about
we would have hang about
you would have hang about
they would have hang about
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hanging about
you would have been hanging about
he/she/it would have been hanging about
we would have been hanging about
you would have been hanging about
they would have been hanging about
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you hang about
we let´s hang about
you hang about
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
hanged about
Present Participle
hanging about
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HANG ABOUT»
Discover the use of
hang about in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hang about and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Written in the form of stories which capture the many moods of childhood, from the uncertainty and the pain, to the mad jokes and the impossible schemes, this autobiography tells of a young Irish boy growing up in Walthamstow in the 1960s.
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
I thought I d hang around for a while and see if she comes. hang around with sb (
uk also hang about with sb) to spend time with someone: I got into drugs because
I was hanging around with the wrong people. hang back to be slow to do ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
2 hang about, see what it says here? wait, hold on, wait a minute; informal hang
on, hold your horses. 3 he was hanging around with a fellow called Mick:
associate, mix, go around, keep company, spend time, mingle, socialize,
fraternize, ...
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
[SE hang] hang a b.a. v. [1990s+j (US campus) to expose one's buttocks. [B.A. v.]
hang a bootie! excl. [1980s+] (US campus) 1 good luck! 2 wait! [(2) joe. pron. of
HANG ABOUT! excl.] hang about v. see HANG AROUND v. hang about! excl.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
adopted, ex US, ca. 1895. Also hang around-—2. As hang about], always in the
imperative, a demand to 'wait a moment!': gen. coll.: since ca. 1960. 'Teacher
requires a swift answer from a boy in class; the response may well be "Hang
about, ...
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Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... incline, linger, lynch, rely, rest, stick, suspend, swing, trail hang about dally,
haunt, hover, linger, loiter, resort, roam hang about idly loiter hang above hover
hang and arrange in folds drape hang around dally, dawdle, frequent, haunt,
hover, ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
hang about | hanger ▻ hang her alongside awhile before we heist her aboard (of
an idea or plan) to urge someone to think about it before we do anything Canada
• "Hang her alongside" is another version of "tow it alongside" in Nova Scotia, ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Hang about This can mean the same as hang around, but in British slang it can
also be used to indicate that a person has just realized that something is wrong (
e.g. 'hang about! – there's something wrong about this').* Hang an idea on Use ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
I refuse todo that. hang/ You might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a
lamb Br. British saying which means that because thepunishment for either
badaction is the same, thereisnoreason not todo the worse one. hang about Br.
col.1.
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A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
... the wall in front of the alcove rather than the window itself. A young woman
came out of the house to hang clothes on a line. Idiomatic phrasal verbs + about/
about N Now that you've actually gained clearance, don't hang about, this is the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HANG ABOUT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hang about is used in the context of the following news items.
Travellers set up camp on East Park in Hull
"The council can't hang about getting them off and they can't be left for weeks on this occasion, and I think a lot of people around here would ... «Hull Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Champ survives seven frame thriller (From Lancashire Telegraph)
Hannan was in full flow by now and didn't hang about as he potted the lot with another good break, this time 50. Frame 5 was again all Hannan ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
A waltz down Europe's river of love
... where the light is moody, the barman is grumpy and objets hang about like apocalyptic totems: rusted birds' cages, traffic cones, shisha pipes ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Mel Harvey: Rihanna's new video isn't worth the column inches …
"I have a far bigger issue with the music videos that perpetuate the myth that all women are six feet tall, a size eight and hang about in bikinis ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
Deal would move Nynex building off the dime (Editorial)
The 10-story Nynex building at 300 E. Washington St., where homeless people hang about in the doorways, has been a thumb in the eye to the ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
Road from Gloucester and Walcha open
While snow is not forecast in the Armidale region today, motorists are being urged to drive to conditions as sleet and high winds hang about. «Armidale Express, Jul 15»
Audi RS Q3 launch report
The original model didn't exactly hang about, but the new one is in a different league. It's also a better car for different reasons. When I drove ... «Car Keys, Jul 15»
75 years on: The Battle of Britain Heroes who saved our country
He said: “My engine caught fire and there were flames licking around the cockpit. When you are on fire, you don't hang about – I was out of the ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
Danube river cruise: A waltz down Europe's river of love
... where the light is moody, the barman is grumpy and objets hang about like apocalyptic totems: rusted birds' cages, traffic cones, shisha pipes ... «Newcastle Herald, Jul 15»
Leicester City news: Claudio Ranieri would be the perfect manager …
So he doesn't actually hang about anywhere which could be worrying. But look at the clubs he has managed, including Napoli, Valencia, ... «Metro, Jul 15»
