Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To stay, linger, or loiter.

    If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.

    шля́тьсяšljátʹsja, слоня́тьсяslonjátʹsja, окола́чиватьсяokoláčivatʹsja

  2. (idiomatic)To spend time or be friends. (especially to hang around with someone)

    My daughter likes to hang around with older kids after school.

    abhängen, herumhängen, rumhängen

    встреча́тьсяvstrečátʹsja, дружи́тьdružítʹ, води́тьсяvodítʹsja

More definitions
  • be about a place without any apparent purpose

Examples

38 sentences
  1. Who does Tom hang around with?

  2. I don't think we should hang around.

  3. I didn't think we should hang around.

  4. Let's just hang around here for a while.

  5. I didn't think that we should hang around.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to stay, linger or loiter:
to spend time or be friends:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to spend time or be friends:

Forms

hangs around, hanging around, hung around, hung around
Base formhang around · to hang around
3rd person singularhangs around
Present participlehanging around
Past simplehung around
Past participlehung around

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhang around
he, she, ithangs around

Past simpleLesson

all personshung around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hung around
he, she, ithas hung around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hang around

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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