hang-upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

hang up (third-person singular simple present hangs up, present participle hanging up, simple past and past participle hung up) (idiomatic)

1. (transitive) To put up to hang.

   I hung up my wash on the line.

2. (ambitransitive) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.

   Synonym: ring off

   Antonym: pick up the phone

   When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her.

   • 1974, Harry Chapin and Sandra Chapin, “Cat's in the Cradle”, in Verities & Balderdash, performed by Harry Chapin:

     And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me
     He'd grown up just like me
     My boy was just like me.

   • 2026 August 18, Nicholas Muhoro, “Ryan Shtuka, 20, Vanished After Leaving a House Party at a Ski Resort in 2018. His Walk Home Was Only 300 Metres”, in Skip Boring‎, archived from the original on 18 August 2026:

     Heather and Scott also called the police to confirm their son was reported missing. As soon as they hung up, they got in the car and began driving to the Sun Peaks resort.

3. (intransitive, figurative) To stop talking.
4. (colloquial, transitive) To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck.
   • 1986, Charlotte Vale Allen, Time/Steps, page 396:

     Seeing you's all I've been thinking about. You know I wouldn't hang you up this way if it wasn't for a damned good reason.

5. To rob or mug (someone).
6. To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison.
   • 1971, Charlie Daniels, “Trudy”, in Charlie Daniels:

     So call up Trudy on the telephone / Send her a letter in the mail / Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas / They won't let me out of this jail

7. To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something).

   He hung up the flute after college.

   I think it's time to hang it up.

   • 1989, Melissa Etheridge, “You Used to Love to Dance”, in Brave and Crazy:

     Well, all God's children got to grow up / And play house, make vows to hang up their shoes

8. To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).

派生語

参考

• hung up
• ring off

アナグラム

• uphang