care a hang

1. 1.

   show no concern or interest; always used in the negative

   “I don't give a hoot”

   “She doesn't give a damn about her job”

   Synonymsgive a hootgive a hanggive a damn

Questions about care a hang

What does care a hang mean?

care a hang means "show no concern or interest; always used in the negative".

What is another word for care a hang?

Close synonyms include give a hoot, give a hang, give a damn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is care a hang a common word?

care a hang is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.