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hung

[ huhng ]

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of hang.

adjective

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.

abbreviation for

Hungarian. Also Hung
Hungary.

Hung.

abbreviation for

Hungarian
Hungary

hung

/ ��ʌŋ /

verb

the usual past tense and past participle of hang

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
hung over informal.
suffering from the effects of a hangover
hung up slang.
1. impeded by some difficulty or delay
2. in a state of confusion; emotionally disturbed
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 �y��vlog Forms

�ܲ�·��ܲԲ� adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hung¹

First recorded in 1635–45, for the adjective

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Idioms and Phrases

hung up on, Slang.
1. obsessed by:
  a clerk hung up on petty details.
2. infatuated with.
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. hung-up.
4. Baseball, Softball. (of a base runner) trapped between bases and in danger of being tagged out.
hung over. hungover.

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Example Sentences

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When the toddler woke up in his grandparents’ room on Wednesday, the smell of smoke hung in the air.

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She hung up before getting past the automated messages and then called her father who told her to dial 999.

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Across the street, a UK flag hung over the staircase of a battered building, crumpled and dirty.

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But the race between them is now so tight and the rise of independents or minor parties such that many are expecting a hung parliament.

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No less than Jayden Daniels has hung out with her, the Washington Commanders’ celebrated quarterback sitting alongside her courtside at Galen Center Saturday afternoon before his famously protective mother sat between them.

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