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, 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, 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.

   • 1884 April 12, Harper’s Weekly. […], volume XXVIII, number 1425, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 237:

     A MURDERER HUNG IN TIME SAVES NINE.

     Caption of a cartoon in reference to the Cincinnati riots of 1884.

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 well hung).

Synonyms

• (having a large penis): Thesaurus:macrophallic

Derived terms

• 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

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 (fi) 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

   Chú ni giống con bọ hung!
   Sao cháu lại giống con bọ hung được?

   You bloke here look awfully like [this dear old] dad’s son!
   How do I look like a dung beetle?

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “ Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紅 (SV: hồng)”

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