hanging
Gallows execution method
Hanging refers to suspension from above, with nothing supporting from below.
A hanging plant dangles from a hook; hanging fog clings to the air.
As a method of execution or suicide, hanging means death by suspension from a rope around the neck: Public hangings drew crowds in the Old West.
A hanging is also a decorative fabric mounted on a wall: medieval tapestry hangings.
A hanging question or matter remains unresolved: Several issues were left hanging.
Suspended and swaying freely
- swingingMoving in arcs
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
- overheadLocated directly above
- hookCurved catching device
chain · ceiling · mounted · mobile · chandelier · lantern · planter · basket
Execution hanging apparatus
- nooseLoop that constricts
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- executionerOne who kills condemned
condemned · gibbet · trapdoor · drop · hangman · lynching · hemp · halter
Cord for air-drying laundry
- dryingMoisture removal process
- pegsCylindrical fastening pins
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- washdayDesignated cleaning day
line-dry · outdoor · sheets · garments · rope · wire · pulley · backyard
Fabric hung for privacy
- fabricWoven or knit material
- tapestryDecorative woven wall cloth
- velvetThick-pile textile
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
linen · rod · pleats · valance · tieback · panel · swag · blackout
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- tensionStretched or strained state
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- waitDelay until later
unresolved · lingering · prolonged · nail-biting · edge · breath · protracted · drawn-out
dangling
Suspended and swaying freely
hook · chain · ceiling · mounted · mobile · chandelier · lantern · planter · basket · hammock
gallows
Execution hanging apparatus
executioner · condemned · gibbet · trapdoor · drop · hangman · lynching · hemp · halter · long drop
clothesline
Cord for air-drying laundry
washday · line-dry · outdoor · sheets · garments · rope · wire · pulley · backyard · sun-dried
curtain
Fabric hung for privacy
sheer · linen · rod · pleats · valance · tieback · panel · swag · blackout · grommets
cliffhanger
Suspenseful unresolved ending
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- tensionStretched or strained state
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
wait · unresolved · lingering · prolonged · nail-biting · edge · breath · protracted · drawn-out · pending
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
grim · sinister · doom · dread · eerie · macabre · haunting · morbid · baleful · portentous
- kid activitiesplaying, running, jumping, climbing, swinging
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- air dryingclothesline, laundry line, drying rack, clothes rack, air drying
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- decoratingdecorating, adorning, embellishing, ornamenting, beautifying
hanginglethal injection
Capital punishment by needle
electrocution · firing squad · beheading · gas chamber · gassing
- hanging outCasual socializing
- hanging aroundRemaining somewhere idly
- hanging onContinuing despite difficulty
- hanging upEnding a telephone connection
- hanging by a threadNearly failing or ending
- hanging overProjecting above something
hanging chad, overhanging, hangings, hanging baskets, hanging basket