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

We’d hung a white curtain across it providing a kind of screen while letting in light.

From Literature

Maybe that was the only way of keeping our hopes alive, by looking beyond all we were seeing around us, and the shadow of disaster that hung over us.

From Literature

It is currently hung up in her wardrobe.

From BBC

A lighted SyberJet logo hung above the bar, and ornate chandeliers cast the wood-paneled room, designed in elegant grays, in a soft glow.

From The Wall Street Journal

Parker’s achievement was so unlikely that her own brother hung up on her when she called to tell the family, according to the documentary.

From Los Angeles Times