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hung

  • adjective
  • /ˈhʌŋ/

Suspended by hanging.

Other meanings

  1. Having hanging additions or appendages.

  2. Of a jury, unable to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial.

Related words

  • behung
  • prehung
  • underhung
  • unhung
  • axle-hung
  • hung jury
  • hung parliament
  • hung like a bull
  • hung like a mule
  • alderman hung in chains
  • double-hung
  • horse-hung

Example sentences

  • “The spider hung on a thread and danced.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “hung” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.