hanger

1 a worker who hangs something

2 anything from which something can be hung

English

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /'h

Hanger or Hangers may refer to:

• Hanger, a woodland area on the side of a hill - road going through this woodland may be named 'Hanger Hill'
• Clothes hanger, device in the shape of human shoulders or legs used to hang clothes on
• Hanger steak, a tender cut of steak
• Casing hanger, part of a wellhead assembly in oil drilling
• Derailleur hanger, a slot in a bicycle frame where the derailleur bolt attaches to
• Monkey hanger, a British term for people from Hartlepool, England
• Hanger, part of a skateboard
• Hanger (weapon), a sword similar to a cutlass, used by woodsmen and soldiers in 17th to 18th centuries
• Hanger, or specky, a slang term for spectacular mark in Australian rules football
• Hangers, American slang for large, pendulous breasts
• Hanger (barbershop music), a long note sung by one voice in a barbershop music song
• A hanger is a vertical cable or rod connecting the roadway of a suspension bridge to the bridge's main cable or arch

Places:

• Hanger Lane, a stretch of the North Circular Road in London, England
• Hanger River or Anger River, a river in west central Ethiopia
• Hangers Way, 21 mile long-distance footpath through Hampshire, England

People:

• George Hanger (1750-1824), English author and soldier in the American Revolution
• Art Hanger (born 1943), Canadian politician
• James Edward Hanger (born 1843), US Civil War veteran and founder of Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc.
• Ben Hanger, a professional football player

See also

• Hangar
• Cliffhanger

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