hung
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋ
Verb
hung
- simple past tense and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
- (now proscribed) simple past tense and past participle of hang (in any sense)
- 1731, Taperell, John, A New Miscellany: Containing the Art of Conversation, and Several Other Subjects, page 6:
- They fructify a barren, and render barren a very luxurious Soil; and, if you will believe them, they’ll tell you the Tree whereon Judas hung himſelf, and more than the Natives know themſelves, or ever ſaw in their own Country.
- 1795, Brackenridge, Hugh, chapter VIII, in Incidents of the Insurrection in the Weſtern Parts of Pennſylvania In the Year 1794, volume I, Philadelphia: John M‘Culloch, page 55:
- I am purſuaded, that if even Bradford himſelf, that day, had ventured to check the violence of the people, in any way that was not agreeable to them ; and had betrayed the leaſt partiality for the exciſe law ; or perhaps even a remiſſion of his zeal againſt it, he would have ſunk, in an inſtant, from his power, and they would have hung him on the firſt tree.
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Adjective
hung (not generally comparable, comparative more hung, superlative most hung)
- Suspended by hanging.
- Having hanging additions or appendages.
- (law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
- Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.
- (computing, colloquial) 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.
- (colloquial, of a person, slightly vulgar) Having a large penis (often preceded by an adverb, e.g. well hung).
Synonyms
- (having a large penis): Thesaurus:macrophallic
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
suspended by hanging
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having hanging additions or appendages
of a jury, unable to reach a verdict
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computing: not responding
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having a large penis
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Irish
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 兇.
Adverb
hung
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰluəŋᴬ (“big”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /huŋ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: hung1
- Hyphenation: hung
Adjective
hung (Sawndip forms 𫯞 or 𪩣 or 𰋚 or 𠒋 or ⿰兇大 or ⿰口兇 or 宏 or 空 or 𪥔 or 洪 or 𭑄 or 𡘙 or ⿰兄大 or 𭀢, 1957–1982 spelling huŋ)
Derived terms
- cuengqhung
- gwnhung
- gyahung
- hung'ak
- hungmaj
- hungmbwk
- vunzhung
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