hung

See also: hứng and Hung.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Verb

hung

1. simple past and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
2. (now proscribed) simple past and past participle of hang (in any sense)
   • 1731, John Taperell, A New Miscellany: Containing the Art of Conversation, and Several Other Subjects‎^[1], 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, Hugh Brackenridge, chapter VIII, in Incidents of the Insurrection in the Weſtern Parts of Pennſylvania In the Year 1794‎^[2], 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.

Adjective

hung (not generally comparable, comparative more hung, superlative most hung)

1. Suspended by hanging.
2. Having hanging additions or appendages.
3. (law) Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.
4. Of a legislature, lacking a majority political party.

   hung parliament

5. (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.
6. (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

• alderman hung in chains
• axle-hung
• double-hung
• horse-hung
• hung beef
• hung jury
• hung like a donkey
• hung like a horse
• hung over
• hung parliament
• hung up
• pre-hung
• until the last dog is hung
• well-hung, well hung
• you'd complain if you were hung with a new rope

 

Related terms

• hanged

Translations

suspended by hanging

• Catalan: penjat (ca)
• Czech: pověšený
• Danish: ophængt
• Finnish: ripustettu (fi), roikkuva (fi), riippuva (fi)
• French: pendu (fr)
• German: gehängt (de)
• Hungarian: felfüggesztett (hu)
• Korean: 중단 (ko) (jungdan)
• Norwegian: opphengt
• Portuguese: pendurado (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: crochte
• Swahili: anika (sw)
• Swedish: upphängd (sv)

having hanging additions or appendages

• Czech: ověšený
• Danish: behængt
• Norwegian: behengt
• Swahili: anika (sw)

of a jury, unable to reach a verdict

• Finnish: erimielinen
• French: divisé (fr)
• Hungarian: döntésképtelen (hu)
• Swahili: anika (sw)

lacking a majority political party

• French: divisé (fr)

computing: not responding

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: penjat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zamrzlý, zatuhlý
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hyytynyt, tökkivä (fi)
• French: mou (fr), lent (fr)
• German: hängend (de), festgegangen
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

having a large penis

• Ancient Greek: πεώδης (peṓdēs)
• Catalan: ben dotat
• Danish: veludrustet
• Esperanto: kacuda sg, membruda sg
• Finnish: isomunainen
• French: bien membré (fr), bien monté (fr), burné (fr)
• Italian: ben dotato, dotato (it)
• Norwegian: velutstyrt
• Portuguese: dotado (pt), bem-dotado, bem aviado m
• Romanian: pulos
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ку̀рат

  Roman: kùrat (sh)

• Spanish: vergón (es), macanudo (es) (El Salvador)
• Swahili: anika (sw)
• Swedish: välutrustad (sv)

Anagrams

• ungh

Irish

Verb

hung

1. h-prothesized form of ung

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兇.

Adjective

hung

1. violent when getting angry

Derived terms

• hành hung
• hung dữ
• hung hăng
• hung khí
• hung máu
• hung thủ
• hung tin
• hung tính

 

Adverb

hung

1. (Thanh Hoá, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, colloquial) very much; a lot

   Anh giống con bọ hung.
   Sao con lại giống con bọ hung được?

   You look a lot like my son.
   How do I look like a dung beetle?

Etymology 2

Adjective

hung

1. reddish (of hair)

Vilamovian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German honec, from Old High German honag, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag. Cognate with German Honig.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hung m

1. honey

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)

1. big; large

   Synonyms: mbwk, gox, laux, lueng, loet

2. grown up
3. arrogant

Derived terms

• cuengqhung
• gwnhung
• gyahung
• hung'ak
• hungmaj
• hungmbwk
• vunzhung