hang v.7
(orig. US) to turn a corner in a motorcar; as in hang a left, hang a right.
![]() | Current Sl. I:1 2/1: Hang a left To turn left. | |
![]() | (con. 1950s) Age of Rock 2 (1970) 103: Stick shift, as in grind me a pound. Hang a left. | ‘The Fifties’ in Eisen|
![]() | Sign of Fool 9: Hanging a right, we took Pine Street. | |
![]() | CBer’s Handy Atlas/Dictionary 27/2: hang a U - Make a U-turn. The verb ‘hang’ is also used for any turn, as in ‘hang a left. | |
![]() | Minder [TV script] 51: The Cortina hangs a sudden right. | ‘You Need Hands’ in|
![]() | (con. 1970s) King Suckerman (1998) 230: He drove down to Newton, hung a right. | |
![]() | (con. 1986) Sweet Forever 11: Take this all the way down to U Street, hang a left. | |
![]() | Black Tide (2012) [ebook] When Mr Connors comes out of the carparfk, he hangs a U-turn and he’s off. | |
![]() | Dead Long Enough 218: This fucking big van spins out of some little lane in front of me and hangs a righter. | |
![]() | Shame the Devil 11: Richard Farrow hotboxed his smoke while watching the black car hang a left. | |
![]() | Mystery Bay Blues 251: Les hung a right and followed the road. | |
![]() | (con. 1962) Enchanters 314: I hung a U-turn. |
In phrases
to turn left.
![]() | AS L 1/2 60: Hang a Lilly at the next corner. | ‘Razorback Sl.’ in
see under louie n.2
to turn right.
![]() | Coshocton Trib. (OH) 15 Mar. 4/4: Dear Helen: I thought you might like to hear one of the slang-things we read in your column has made it big at our school, but in a different way. You said ‘Hang a Roscoe’ or ‘Hang a Louie’ was ‘turn to the right’ or ‘left’ while you’re driving, as in ‘Hang a Roscoe at the clash’ (intersection). | |
![]() | Current Sl. II:4 6: Hang a Ralph, v. To turn right. | |
![]() | AS L 1/2 55: hang a Ralph ‘turn right’. | ‘Razorback Sl.’ in|
![]() | Campus Sl. Nov. |
(US) to go straight on.
![]() | Current Sl. II:4 6: Hang a Sam, v. To go straight. |
see under U-ie n.