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• hung
  hung

  verb

  simple past tense and past participle of hang.
• Hung.
  Hung.

  abbreviation

  Hungarian. Also Hung

hung

¹ American  

[huhng] / hʌŋ /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of hang.

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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. see 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. see 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.

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hung ¹ British  

/ hʌŋ /

verb

1. the usual past tense and past participle of hang

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adjective

1. 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

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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hung Hung.

On Tuesday, a silver cross on a long chain hung from the pine tree’s bark, which was peeling and blackened from the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Don’t get hung up on the timeline, he added.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

"His photos have hung on our walls for decades. His stories have been passed down from one generation of fighters to the next," said Sully's Boxing, the Toronto gym where he trained, in a statement.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

When she asked whether Min Zin was detained, the caller hung up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Now Flopears, head hung, was there between the superintendent and the assistant.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

And we are not without an additional trace of the sense we want, as the Basque has ur, water, errio, a river, and the Hung. has er, a brook.

From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson