| hanger |  | |
| 1. n. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. | |
| 2. n. A person who attempts suicide by hanging. | |
| 3. n. That by which a thing is suspended. | |
| 4. n. A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. | |
| 5. n. A bridle iron. | |
| 6. n. A clothes hanger. | |
| 7. n. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. | |
| 8. n. (UK) A steep, wooded slope. | |
| 9. n. (baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed hence easy to hit. | |
| 10. n. (slang) Hunger and anger, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger. | |
