hung

¹

[huhng]

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!

Hung.

²

abbreviation

1. Hungarian. Also Hung

2. Hungary.

hung

¹

/ hʌŋ /

verb

1. the usual past tense and past participle of hang

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

abbreviation

1. Hungarian

2. Hungary

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hung¹

First recorded in 1635–45, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

In target dorms on campus, we hung posters that presented accurate data about the percent of undergraduates who wanted to help and befriend others.

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In fact, when the painter mounted his own retrospective in Paris in 1932, he hung the works not according to chronology but jumbled together.

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Grief hung over our lives like a marine layer obscuring the view of Catalina.

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"We essentially drew friendship maps to see which whales spent time together, and then looked at where they were seen to figure out if they hung out in specific neighborhoods," said Dr. Trites.

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So he was stunned when, in high school, he saw “Dazed and Confused” and recognized the backyard rocks where he’d frequently hung out with friends and the giant mural of Uncle Sam.

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