Answer to "Hangs around" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STAYS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.

Hangs around crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
STAYS39 %5
LOITERS29 %7
WAITS8 %5
TARRIES6 %7
LOLLS6 %5
REMAINS4 %7
LINGERS4 %7
IDLES2 %5
STICKS2 %6

Why may STAYS be the right solution?

The word "hangs" implies staying in a particular place or situation, so "STAYS" is an appropriate answer.

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hangs around

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • hang around
  • hanging out
  • hang out
  • hanging
  • hangin
  • loitering
  • hang down
  • hang in
  • loiterer
  • loiter
  • hang back
  • hangout

Crossword Answer definitions

STAYS noun
  1. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
  2. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
  3. A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
  4. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
  5. A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
  6. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
  7. Hindrance; let; check.
STAYS verb
  1. To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
  2. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
  3. To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
  4. To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
  5. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
  6. To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
  7. To hold the attention of.
  8. To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
  9. To wait for; await.
  10. To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
  11. To rest; depend; rely.
  12. To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
  13. To come to an end; cease.
  14. To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
  15. To make a stand; to stand firm.
  16. To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
  17. To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
  18. To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
  19. (used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
  20. To continue to have a particular quality.
  21. To live; reside
STAYS noun
  1. A prop; a support.
  2. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
  3. (in the plural) A corset.
  4. A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
STAYS noun
  1. A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
  2. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
  3. The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
STAYS verb
  1. To brace or support with a stay or stays
  2. To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
  3. To tack; put on the other tack.
  4. To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
STAYS noun
  1. A corset.

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