Hang time generally refers to how long something stays in the air:
- In basketball, the length of time a player stays in the air after jumping, either to make a slam dunk, lay-up or jump shot.
- In American football, the length of time a punted ball flies through the air.
- In some first-person shooters, the length of time a player flies through the air as the result of a grenade jump.
Hang time may also refer to:
- NBA Hangtime, a 1996 basketball arcades by Midway Games
- Hang Time (album), an 1988 album by Soul Asylum
- Hang Time (TV series), an American television show that aired from 1995 to 2000
Famous quotes containing the words hang and/or time:
“In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
They hung the thief upon the cross:
But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
They hang the cross upon the thief.”
—Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)
“... the time will come when no servant will be hired without a diploma from some training school, and a girl will as much expect to fit herself for house-maid or cook, as for dressmaker or any trade.”
—Lydia Hoyt Farmer (1842–1903)