<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act, an instance, or the form of capital punishment carried out by suspending one by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, or the like, until dead.</li><li>something that hangs or is hung on the walls of a room, as a drapery or tapestry.</li><li>a suspending or temporary attaching, as of a painting: a careless hanging of pictures.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>punishable by, deserving, or causing death by hanging: a hanging crime; a hanging offense.</li><li>inclined to inflict death by hanging: a hanging jury.</li><li>suspended; pendent; overhanging: a hanging cliff.</li><li>situated on a steep slope or at a height: a hanging garden.</li><li>directed downward: a hanging look.</li><li>made, holding, or suitable for a hanging object.</li></ul>