1
: unable to reach a decision or verdict
a hung jury
also, British
: not having a political party with an overall majority
a hung parliament
2
slang
: having a large penis
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Adjective
stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Cease’s only truly bad pitch might have been a hung slider in the fifth inning, which Anthony Santander lined over the tall wall in right field for a two-run homer.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Awning, casement, and double hung windows are all great options that allow for waterproofing, soundproofing, and insect-proofing, while still making sure that cross ventilation is possible.
—Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Fifth Avenue shoppers can’t miss a towering image of the Oscar winner in a suit and tie that is hung floors above the exterior of the house’s Fifth Avenue store — a mile south from The Met.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
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Among other first-day actions in the Trump administration, a newly hung portrait of former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley was removed from a wall at the Pentagon.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2025
Cease’s only truly bad pitch might have been a hung slider in the fifth inning, which Anthony Santander lined over the tall wall in right field for a two-run homer.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Awning, casement, and double hung windows are all great options that allow for waterproofing, soundproofing, and insect-proofing, while still making sure that cross ventilation is possible.
—Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
Fifth Avenue shoppers can’t miss a towering image of the Oscar winner in a suit and tie that is hung floors above the exterior of the house’s Fifth Avenue store — a mile south from The Met.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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