Hang vs Gist - What's the difference?
hang | gist | Synonyms |
(lb) To be or remain suspended.
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*:On the dark-green walls hung a series of eight engravings, portraits of early Victorian belles, clad in lace and tarletan ball dresses, clipped from an old Book of Beauty. Mrs. Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.
(lb) To float, as if suspended.
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(lb) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
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(lb) To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger or the like.
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::It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
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*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
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To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
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(lb) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
(lb) To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
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(lb) To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
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To remain persistently in one's thoughts.
*1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine , Ch.X:
*:Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first. This appeared to be devoted to minerals, and the sight of a block of sulphur set my mind running on gunpowder. But I could find no saltpeter; indeed no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Yet the sulphur hung in my mind and set up a train of thinking.
To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse.
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To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
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To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
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To be vulnerable to capture.
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The way in which something hangs.
(figuratively) A grip, understanding
(computing) An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
(Ireland, informal, derogatory) Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter
* 1948 , , Remembrance Rock , page 103,
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* 1996 , Nicky Silver, Etiquette and Vitriol , Theatre Communications Group 1996, p. 10:
* 2003 , David McDuff, translating Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment , Penguin 2003 p. 183:
(legal, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
(obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
* 1601 , (Philemon Holland)'s translation of (w, Pliny's Natural History) , 1st ed.,
To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
* 1873 , Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National Educational Association, session of the year 1872, at Boston, Massachusetts , page 201:
As verbs the difference between hang and gist
is that hang is to be or remain suspended while gist is to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.As nouns the difference between hang and gist
is that hang is the way in which something hangs while gist is the most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter.hang
English
(wikipedia hang)Etymology 1
A fusion of (etyl) .Verb
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Synonyms
* (be or remain suspended) be suspended, dangle * (float as if suspended) float, hover * lynch, string up * (be executed) go to the gallows, swing (informal) * (loiter) hang about, hang around, loiter * freeze, lock up * suspend * (hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect) drop, lower * (to place on a hook) hook, hook up * (exhibit) exhibit, show * put up * bedeck, deck, decorate * freeze, lock up * *Usage notes
* Formerly, at least through the 16th century, the past tense of the transitive use of (term) was (hanged) (see quote from King James Bible, above). This form is retained for the legal senses "to be executed by suspension from the neck" and "to execute by suspension from the neck" and (hung) for all other meanings. However, this rule is not uniformly understood or observed. (term) is sometimes substituted for (term), which would be considered inappropriate in legal or other formal writing (for the applicable senses only) or, more rarely, vice versa . See also – in Old English there were separate words for transitive (whence (term)) and intransitive (whence (term)).Derived terms
* behang * hang a left * hang a right * hang about * hang around * hang back * hangdog * * hanger * hang fire * hang-glider * hang in * hang in the balance * hang in there * hanging * hang it * hangman * hangnail * hang off * hang on * hang onto * hang out * hang out to dry * hang-out, hangout * hangover * hang ten * hang together * hang tough * hang up * hang-up, hangup * I'll be hanged * leave hanging * overhang * underhangNoun
(en noun)- ''This skirt has a nice hang .
- ''He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations
- ''We sometimes get system hangs .
Derived terms
* get the hang ofEtymology 2
From hang sangwich, Irish colloquial pronunciation of (term) sandwich.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
gist
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Noun
- "Should they live and build their church in the American wilderness, their worst dangers would rise in and among themselves rather than outside. That was the gist of the lesson from their pastor and "wellwiller" John Robinson."
- I was really just vomiting images like spoiled sushi (that may be an ill-considered metaphor, but you get my gist ).
- I don't remember his exact words, but the gist of it was that he wanted it all for nothing, as quickly as possible, without any effort.
book X, chapter XXIII “Of Swallowes, Ousles, or Merles, Thrushes, Stares or Sterlings, Turtles, and Stockdoves.”, p. 282:
- These Quailes have their set gists', to wit, ordinarie resting and baiting places. [These quails have their set ' gists , to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places.]
Verb
(en verb)- There are two general ways of getting information, and these two general ways may be summed up in this: take one branch of study and its principles are all gisted', they have been '''gisted''' by the accumulated thought of years gone by. These ' gisted thoughts are axioms, or received principles,