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:
“His firm stanzas hang like hives in hell
Or what hell was, since now both heaven and hell
Are one, and here, O terra infidel.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold on us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)