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straphung

straphung is the simple past and past participle of straphang.

Meaning of straphang

Verb

straphang (third-person singular simple present straphangs, present participle straphanging, simple past and past participle straphung)

  1. (intransitive) To ride public transport while standing and holding onto a strap.
    • Instead of having people coming from the outskirts, straphanging in omnibuses and trains, working in the centre under congested conditions in badly lit, insanitary buildings[…]1932, Great Britain, Parliamentary debates: Official report: Volume 269

Questions about straphung

What is straphung the simple past and past participle of?
Straphung is the simple past and past participle of straphang.

Words near straphung in the dictionary

  1. straphang
  2. straphanger
  3. straphangers
  4. straphanging
  5. straphangs
  6. straphung
  7. straping
  8. strapless
  9. straplesses
  10. straplessly
  11. straplessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: straphung (page history and authors); straphang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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