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Meaning:

Noun:

  • computing An instance of ceasing to respond to input devices.
  • Ireland|informal|derogatory Cheap, processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches.
  • figurative A grip, understanding
  • The way in which something hangs.

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Verb:

  • chess To be vulnerable to capture.
  • computing To stop responding to manual input devices such as keyboard or mouse.
  • intransitive informal To loiter, hang around, to spend time idly.
  • legal To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.
  • intransitive To be or remain suspended.
  • intransitive To float, as if suspended.
  • chess To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture.
  • transitive computing To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding.
  • legal To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
  • transitive To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall).
  • transitive To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, or the like.
  • transitive To decorate (something) with hanging objects.
  • transitive To exhibit (an object).
  • transitive To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.

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