hung
UK/ˈhʌŋ/
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Midlands/hʊŋ/
hung is the simple past and past participle of hang.
Adjective
hung (not generally comparable, comparative more hung, superlative most hung)
- Suspended by hanging.
- Having hanging additions or appendages.
- Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
- Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
- hung parliament
- Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.
- Having a large penis (often well hung).
- Synonyms:
- macrophallic
Meaning of hang
Verb
hang (third-person singular simple present hangs, present participle hanging, simple past and past participle hung or (law) hanged)
- To be or remain suspended.
- The lights hung from the ceiling.
- Synonyms:
- be suspend, dangle
- To float, as if suspended.
- The smoke hung in the room.
- To veer in one direction.
- The jockey claimed that the horse hung towards the outside[…]1979, Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, New South Wales Law Reports (non-fiction), New South Wales: Council of Law Reporting for New South Wales, published 1979, page 16
- To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground.
- To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect.
- He hung his head in shame.
- To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like.
- Hang those lights from the ceiling.
Proper noun capitalized: Hung
Hung (plural Hungs)
- A surname.
Synonyms of hung
Forms of hung
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hung |
| superlative | most hung |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hungs |
Origin of hung
From Mandarin or Cantonese 洪 (Mandarin: Hóng, Cantonese: hung⁴) or Cantonese 孔 (hung²).
Words formed from hung
- alderman hung in chains
- axle-hung
- behung
- double-hung
- horse-hung
- hung beef
- hung jury
- hung like a bull
- hung like a donkey
- hung like a horse
- hung like a mule
- hung over
- hung parliament
- hung up
- prehung
- pre-hung
- underhung
- unhung
- until the last dog is hung
- well-hung
- well hung
- you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope
Phrases with hung
- hung in
- hung on
- hung to
- Hung Hom
- hung low
- hung off
- hung out
- hung ten
- best hung
- hung back
- hung fire
- hung five
48 more phrasesFewer phrases
- hung onto
- hung upon
- hung with
- hung a leg
- hung a uey
- hung about
- hung heavy
- hung loose
- hung round
- hung tough
- better hung
- hung a left
- hung around
- hung behind
- hung juries
- hung one on
- hung a Louie
- hung a Ralph
- hung a right
- hung an arse
- hung the moon
- hung together
- hung wei ping
- hung a shingle
- hung by a hair
- hung one's hat
- hung one's lip
- hung one's head
- hung out to dry
- hung by a thread
- hung parliaments
- hung one's hat on
- hung up one's hat
- hung up the boots
- hung on every word
- hung by the eyelids
- hung in the balance
- hung on by a thread
- hung up one's boots
- hung up one's spurs
- hung up one's fiddle
- hung out one's shingle
- aldermen hung in chains
- think one hung the moon
- hung over someone's head
- thinks one hung the moon
- thought one hung the moon
- thinking one hung the moon
Words that rhyme with hung
Questions about hung
- What does hung mean?
- Hung means suspended by hanging.
- What is hung the simple past and past participle of?
- Hung is the simple past and past participle of hang.
- What part of speech is hung?
- Hung can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hung?
- Hung is pronounced /ˈhʌŋ/ (UK).
Words near hung in the dictionary
Source and license
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