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hung

1 American  
[huhng] / hʌŋ /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hang.

adjective

  1. Slang: Usually Vulgar.

    1. (used to describe the size of a man's penis in expressions such as hung like a horse , hung like a bull , andhung like a field mouse. )

    2. (of a man) having a large penis; well-hung.

      That guy is hung!

idioms

  1. hung up on,

    1. obsessed by.

      a clerk hung up on petty details.

    2. infatuated with.

  2. hung over. hungover.

  3. hung up,

    1. detained unavoidably.

      They were hung up in bad traffic and missed their flight.

    2. stymied or baffled by a problem.

    3. hung-up.

    4. Baseball, Softball. (of a base runner) trapped between bases and in danger of being tagged out.

Hung. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Hungarian. Also Hung

  2. Hungary.

hung 1 British  
/ hʌŋ /

verb

  1. the usual past tense and past participle of hang

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adjective

    1. (of a legislative assembly) not having a party with a working majority

      a hung parliament

    2. unable to reach a decision

      a hung jury

    3. (of a situation) unable to be resolved

  2. informal suffering from the effects of a hangover

  3. slang

    1. impeded by some difficulty or delay

    2. in a state of confusion; emotionally disturbed

  4. slang obsessively or exclusively interested in

    he's hung up on modern art these days
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Hung. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Hungarian

  2. Hungary

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Usage

See hang.

For most senses of hang the past tense and past participle is hung : I hung the curtains; he had hung the new painting on the wall . However, when the meaning is 'to suspend or be suspended by the neck until dead', the past tense and past participle is hanged : the traitors were hanged; they had hanged him at dawn . This form is also used in the idiom I'll be hanged

Other Word Forms

  • unhung adjective

Etymology

Origin of hung

First recorded in 1635–45, for the adjective

Example Sentences

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Gray often hung out at the Sergeantsville Inn, because everyone in town did.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yes, some people hung on to the information for weeks of athletes playing in outside leagues in violation of CIF bylaw 600, which isn’t good.

From Los Angeles Times

Taft 10, Palisades 8: The Toreadors scored six runs in the seventh, then hung on for the win.

From Los Angeles Times

"The dance continues," wrote Vinicius on social media afterwards, along with a photo of a big banner hung at the Bernabeu reading "no to racism".

From Barron's

A large cloud of blue powder hung in the air.

From Literature

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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