"hang dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hang dogs [plural], hang-dog [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hang dog (countable and uncountable, plural hang dogs)
  1. (climbing) The situation of hanging on the rope after falling off a climb. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hang_dog-en-noun-etbWwTv7 Categories (other): Climbing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Climbing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Climbing: 90 10 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (obsolete) A rascal, one fit to be executed by hanging. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms (rascal): gallows bird
    Sense id: en-hang_dog-en-noun-MhXGQJFA Disambiguation of 'rascal': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wag-halter
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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