hung

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

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.

   • 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.

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).

• (having a large penis): Thesaurus:macrophallic

• hanged

• ungh

hung

1. h-prothesized form of ung

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兇.

hung

1. violent when getting angry

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?

hung

1. reddish (of hair)

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

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hung m

1. honey

From Proto-Tai *ʰluəŋᴬ (“big”).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /huŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hung¹
• Hyphenation: hung

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