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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 , and hung like a field mouse. )
    2. (of a man) having a large penis; well-hung:

      That guy is hung!

Hung.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Hungarian. Also Hung
  2. Hungary.

Hung.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Hungarian
  2. Hungary
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hung

2

/ 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
  1. hung over informal.
    suffering from the effects of a hangover
  2. hung up slang.
    1. impeded by some difficulty or delay
    2. in a state of confusion; emotionally disturbed
  3. hung up on slang.
    obsessively or exclusively interested in

    he's hung up on modern art these days

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Usage Note

See hang.
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Usage

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
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Other Words From

  • un·hung adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hung1

First recorded in 1635–45, for the adjective
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. hung up on, Slang.
    1. obsessed by:

      a clerk hung up on petty details.

    2. infatuated with.
  2. hung up, Slang.
    1. detained unavoidably:

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

    2. stymied or baffled by a problem.
    3. Baseball, Softball. (of a base runner) trapped between bases and in danger of being tagged out.
  3. hung over. hungover.
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Example Sentences

Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.

The marchers began to stream out of the park, where they walked West on 110th and then hung a right on 7th Avenue.

Somebody had hung an American flag and people of the neighborhood had placed bouquets and candles.

The larger meaning of what he was saying hung in the air for a split-second.

Det. 2: (slamming his hand on the table and yelling) You hung her!

About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.

He scratched his head in vexation, sat down, and as he did so, saw that his coat hung also upon the chair.

The small grain crops had been burned to a crisp, and disaster hung over the land.

He stood before the glass hung above the wash bench and 369 smoothed his hair.

He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.

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