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hung [hʌŋ] vb (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the past tense and past participle of hang (except in the sense of to execute or in the idiom I'll be hanged.) adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. (of a legislative assembly) not having a party with a working majority a hung parliament b. unable to reach a decision a hung jury c. (of a situation) unable to be resolved hung over Informal suffering from the effects of a hangover hung up Slang a. impeded by some difficulty or delay b. in a state of confusion; emotionally disturbed hung up on Slang obsessively or exclusively interested in he's hung up on modern art these days Translations hung pret, ptp of hang adj (inf: sexually) the way he’s hung → wie er ausgestattet ist (inf); to be hung like a mule → ein Riesengehänge haben (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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All about them the huge-rooted trees blocked their footing, while coiled and knotted climbers, of the girth of a man's arm, were thrown from lofty branch to lofty branch, or hung in tangled masses like so many monstrous snakes. It was not to receive his thanks, however, that she hung there in the sky; it was not even to watch him get into the nest; it was to see what he did with her eggs. Throwing the rope over the high limb of a giant oak tree, they pulled till the poor Marionette hung far up in space. |
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