whang

n : the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"

[syn: {knock}, {belt}, {rap}, {whack}]

v 1: beat with force

2: propel or hit with force, as of a ball

3: attack forcefully; "whang away at the school reform plan"

hang

1. To wait for an event that will never occur. "The system is

hanging because it can't read from the crashed drive". See

{wedged}, {hung}.

2. To wait for some event to occur; to hang around until

something happens. "The program displays a menu and then

hangs until you type a character." Compare {block}.

3. To attach a peripheral device, especially in the

construction "hang off": "We're going to hang another tape

drive off the file server." Implies a device attached with

cables, rather than something that is strictly inside the

machine's chassis.