hangout

See also: hang out

English

Etymology

From hang +‎ out, as a deverbal from hang out.

Noun

hangout (plural hangouts)

1. A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

   Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time.

   • 1990 December 16, “Going To Cuba”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 10:

     My connection to gay men and lesbians in Cuba came about through the help of a straight man, Rafael, whom I'd met in old Havana. A day after I told him of my search, he came to me with names of three tea houses known to be gay/lesbian hang-outs. We went together and found a mix of gay and straight people.

2. A casual meeting for informal chat.

Related terms

• hang out
• hang with
• hang around
• limited hangout

Translations

place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place

• Bulgarian: сборище (bg) n (sborište), свърталище (bg) n (svǎrtalište)
• Finnish: kantapaikka (fi)
• German: Treffpunkt (de) m, Treff (de) m
• Korean: 소굴 (ko) (sogul), 단골집 (ko) (dan'goljip)
• Latin: dēsidiābulum n
• Maori: kaingawaewae
• Spanish: garito (es) m
• Welsh: cynefin (cy) f

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