Hang out or hangout?
hang out is a verb meaning “To spend time with somebody; to regularly meet with somebody”; hangout is a noun meaning “A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place”. Use hang out as a verb and hangout as a noun. hang out is written as two words and hangout as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between hang out and hangout?
| hang out | hangout | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb | noun |
| Meaning | informalTo crave or desperately want (something) informalTo endure or delay | A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place A casual meeting for informal chat |
| Example | After the film, do you want to go hang out? | Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time |
| Forms | none | hangouts |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/ | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 1.3 times per million words |
Sources: hang out and hangout in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of hang out and hangout
hang out
- 1
slangTo spend time with somebody; to regularly meet with somebody
After the film, do you want to go hang out?
- 2
slangTo lodge or reside; to exist
- 3
datedinformalTo be unyielding; to hold out
The juryman hangs out against an agreement
- 4
informalTo crave or desperately want (something)
- 5
informalTo endure or delay
- 6
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out
When a dog pants, its tongue often hangs out of its mouth
hangout
- 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
- 2
A casual meeting for informal chat
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, hang out or hangout?
hang out is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; hangout 1.3 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search hang out vs hangout?
“hang out vs hangout” is searched about 90 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“hangout vs hang out”, “hang out or hangout”).
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