c. 1300, "suspend (something) so that it is supported only from above;" see hang (v.) + up (adv.); telephone sense by 1911. The noun hang-up "psychological fixation" is first attested 1959, from notion of being suspended in one place.
handyman
hang
hang in
hang on
hang out
hang up
hangar
hang-dog
hanged
hanger
hang-glider
