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adjective

ˈhəŋ How to pronounce hung (audio)
Definition of hungnext
as in bowing
bending downward or forward stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence

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hung

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verb

variants also hanged
past tense of hang
1
as in dangled
to place on an elevated point without support from below hang your coats on the coat rack in the hall

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2
as in depended
to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan to go to the amusement park has all been worked out; now it just hangs on the weather

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3
as in drooped
to be limp from lack of water or vigor as they neared the end of the long, hard march all but the most hardy were hanging, and some could barely put one foot in front of the other

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4
as in hovered
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air hanging just above the horizon was a little pink cloud

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5
as in based
to find a basis that's very slim evidence upon which to hang a theory

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Recent Examples of hung
Adjective
As a result of this crash, methods to detect corrosion were prioritized in the troubleshooting for hung starts. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 Best for a smaller bathroom, this wall-hung fixture includes a drywall-safe cleat for installation and plenty of room for plumbing inside the cabinet. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Tucker, who has traditionally hung his hat on his strike-zone control, ended a 12-game streak without a walk Friday. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 Juliana, who was 16 years old and Black, was found May 8 hanged from a tree near a predominately Black church in north Charlotte after going missing for several days. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hung
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung
  1. nodding
  2. dangled
  3. depended
  4. drooped
  5. hovered
  6. based
  7. weeping
  8. swung
Adjective
  • James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.
    — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
Definition of nodding
Verb
  • Both administrations dangled a nuclear cooperation agreement as a key incentive to Saudi Arabia in return for normalizing ties with Israel.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of dangled
Verb
  • The first reason is the need to preserve those who were depended upon heavily en route to winning the title, namely Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • According to Chief Engineer Russ Jones, the technology can produce intricate geometries that previously depended on laser powder bed additive manufacturing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026
Definition of depended
Verb
  • The man raised his arms to a figure in the branches, a woman whose head drooped, hair loose, wet, falling forward across her face, her breasts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of drooped
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  • One day in June, as temperatures hovered around 90, Pugh visited Watershed Navigation Center, a refuge run by Partnership for people without steady housing to have a meal or see a doctor.
    — Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The county’s four oldest classes, grades 9-12, hovered above 26,500 last October.
    — Austin Horn August 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of hovered
Verb
  • The government program can still award broadband grants based on factors such as income, age, and disability.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Indeed, in retrospect, the ruling at The Hague a decade ago was the harbinger of a new global order — one based not on rules, norms, and conventions but, increasingly, raw power wielded by the strong against the weak.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of based
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    — David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Definition of weeping
Verb
  • Out in the clean air, this pointer swung away from the compass to aim at the plume’s edge, several seconds before the fly physically turned to head back.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • It’s swung as low as $72 early this month and as high as $102 last week on uncertainty about whether the United States and Iran could reach a deal to allow oil tankers to move freely again from the Middle East to customers worldwide.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 30 July 2026
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