intransitive verb
1. obsolete : to protrude in a downward direction
2.
a. slang : live , reside
hung out at a boardinghouse in town
b. : to spend one's time idly or in loitering around or in a particular place
did a lot of hanging out in barrooms
transitive verb
: to suspend from something outside in order to display usually to the public
hung out a sign advertising his products
hung Christmas decorations out around the windows