hung
/hʌŋ/
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Show IPA –adjective | 2. | Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals. |
—Idioms | 3. | hung over, Informal. suffering the effects of a hangover: On New Year's Day the houseguests were all hung over. Also, hungover. |
| 4. | hung up, Informal. | b. | stymied or baffled by a problem. | | c. | Baseball, Softball. (of a base runner) trapped between bases and in danger of being tagged out. | |
| 5. | hung up on, Slang. | a. | obsessed by: a clerk hung up on petty details. | |
hung-over also hung over or hung·o·ver (hŭng'ō'vər) adj. Suffering from a hangover. |
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hung past and past participle of HANG
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