well-hung

• well hung

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well-hung (comparative better-hung, superlative best-hung)

1. (informal, vulgar) Having a large penis.

   Synonyms: horse-hung, hung like a horse; see also Thesaurus:macrophallic

   • c. 1968, W. H. Auden, As the poets have mournfully sung:

     As the poets have mournfully sung, / Death takes the innocent young, / The rolling-in-money, / The screamingly-funny, / And those who are very well hung.

   • 1995, “Grown Man”, performed by Loudon Wainwright III:

     He wishes he were young, a little better hung

2. (of meat) Allowed to mature correctly, normally hanging, to encourage tenderness.
   • 2014, Fran Warde, Tim Wilson, Ginger Pig Meat Book, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     When shopping, you can easily spot well-hung beef. It will be dry on the outside, cushion-soft and will hold a thumb print when pushed in for a few seconds.

3. (dated, of a tongue) Eloquent or loquacious.
   • 1837 December 12, Lord Henry Brougham, The Royal Message (House of Lords):

     On a point of that nature, he humbled himself before his noble Friend. He was rude and uncultivated in speech. The tongue of his noble Friend was so well hung, and so well attuned to courtly airs, that he could not attempt to enter into competition with him on such subjects as these.