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.  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.

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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

Strings of twinkling Christmas lights hung from the ceiling between the stars he’d helped to cut out from silver paper.

From Salon

“Stoppard’s new play can’t be hung with one of those preprinted tags that theater critics carry in their pockets for easy labeling,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Outside a closed church in the area, a cut cable recently hung on a pole, with fiber-optic wires dangling on a tree.

From The Wall Street Journal

But all of it hung, to some degree, on whether Witkoff could unlock the conflict his boss had pledged during his campaign to resolve in a single day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Harnett found an enthusiastic clientele among merchants and industrialists who appreciated his male themes and appealing arrangements; they proudly hung his works in offices, stores and saloons.

From The Wall Street Journal