What is "hang time"

n. The duration that something stays in the air. Usually refers an athlete or something thrown or kicked.

Hang time generally refers to how long a (self-)launched object stays in the air:

• In basketball, the length of time a player stays in the air after jumping to score or pass the ball.
• 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 arcade game 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
• Hang Time (2003), a short movie

Hang Time is a 1988 album from the band Soul Asylum. Released on A&M Records, it was the band's major-label debut.

Singer/guitarist Dave Pirner wrote the majority of the album. Guitarist Dan Murphy chimed in with "Cartoon," released as one of the album's singles. The CD version features the "bone-us" (bonus) track "Put the Bone In", by Terry Jacks, better known for the ballad "Seasons in the Sun". As of 2006, the album has yet to sell 100,000 copies.

Hang Time is an American teen sitcom that aired on NBC from September 9, 1995 to December 16, 2000 as part of the network's Saturday morning program block for teenagers, TNBC. Created by Troy Searer, Robert Tarlow and Mark Fink, the series featured extensive cast changes throughout its six-season run, similar to its TNBC stablemate Saved by the Bell: The New Class. The show's title refers to a sports term referring to the length of time that a player spends in the air. Hang Time won a Prism Award in 1999 for its accurate depictions of drug use.