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hang time definition

☆ hang time

  1. the length of time a punted football remains in the air
  2. the length of time a leaping athlete, as a basketball player jumping for a dunk shot, remains in midair

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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