See also: hứng
and Hung.
English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] - IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋ
Verb
[edit] hung
- simple past and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
- (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.
Adjective
[edit] 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. hung parliament
- (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 well hung).
Synonyms
[edit] - (having a large penis): Thesaurus:macrophallic
Derived terms
[edit] - 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
[edit] Translations
[edit] 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)
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having hanging additions or appendages
- Czech: ověšený
- Danish: behængt
- Norwegian: behengt
- Swahili: anika (sw)
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of a jury, unable to reach a verdict
- Finnish: erimielinen (fi)
- French: divisé (fr)
- Hungarian: döntésképtelen (hu)
- Swahili: anika (sw)
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lacking a majority political party
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
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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)
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Anagrams
[edit] Irish
[edit] Verb
[edit] hung
- h-prothesized form of ung
Vietnamese
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] - (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
Etymology 1
[edit] Sino-Vietnamese word from 兇.
Adjective
[edit] hung
- violent when getting angry
Derived terms
[edit] - hành hung
- hung dữ
- hung hăng
- hung khí
- hung máu
- hung thủ
- hung tin
- hung tính
Adverb
[edit] hung
- (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
[edit] | 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
[edit] hung
- reddish (of hair)
Vilamovian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Inherited from Middle High German honec, from Old High German honag, from Proto-West Germanic *hunag. Cognate with German Honig.
Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
[edit] hung m
- honey
Zhuang
[edit] Etymology
[edit] From Proto-Tai *ʰluəŋᴬ (“big”).
Pronunciation
[edit] - (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /huŋ˨˦/
- Tone numbers: hung1
- Hyphenation: hung
Adjective
[edit] 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)
- big; large Synonyms: mbwk, gox, laux, lueng, loet
- grown up
- arrogant
Derived terms
[edit] - cuengqhung
- gwnhung
- gyahung
- hung'ak
- hungmaj
- hungmbwk
- vunzhung