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coherent: The statements issued yesterday and today just don't
hang together. 12 hang up. break the connection, disconnect,
cut off, put down the receiver: Whenever a salesman phones, I
simply hang up.
hanger-on n. follower, dependant, leech, parasite, toady, sycophant,
yes-man, Colloq scrounger, US freeloader, Slang groupie, sponger
or sponge: The rock star came in, surrounded by his hangers-on.
hangman n. executioner, Archaic Brit Jack Ketch: The hangman, a black
hood concealing his identity, slipped the noose over the
prisoner's head.
hanker v. Usually, hanker after or for. yearn for, long for, thirst
after or for, hunger after or for, itch for, pine for, lust
after or for, covet, crave, have a hankering for, want, desire,
fancy, Colloq have a yen for: She hankered after a big box of
chocolates.
hanky-panky
n. mischief, trickery, double-dealing, legerdemain, deception,
duplicity, chicanery, naughtiness, foolishness, tomfoolery,
Colloq funny business, jiggery-pokery, monkey business,
shenanigans, goings-on, antics: He'd best not try any of his
hanky-panky with the tax inspector.
haphazard adj. 1 random, arbitrary, chance, fortuitous, aleatory,
accidental, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unexpected, adventitious,
serendipitous: Her fate was to be decided by a haphazard throw
of the dice. 2 casual, offhand, hit-or-miss, unsystematic,
slapdash, slipshod, careless, disorganized, disorderly: He took
some haphazard shots at the target.
happen v. 1 occur, take place, come about, go on, come to pass,
develop; betide, chance, prove, materialize, Colloq transpire,
come off, Slang cook: What is happening? As it happens,
everyone has already left. 2 befall, become of: What will
happen to me if I refuse? 3 happen on or upon. come upon,
chance or hit on or upon, stumble on or upon, find, turn up,
encounter, meet with: It was then that I happened on an old
letter of his.
happening n. event, incident, occurrence, occasion, taking place,