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▪ I. hung, ppl. a.|hʌŋ|
[pa. pple. of hang v.]
1. a. Suspended, attached so as to hang down, etc.; see the vb. Often with qualification, as well, ill.
1663F. Hawkins Youth's Behav. 97 Annulet, a thing hung about the neck. 1678Quack's Acad. 6 A Tongue well hung. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 26 June, The carriage is..well hung. 1894Athenæum 22 Sept. 393/2 In all hung window sashes means should be adopted to permit both the sashes being removed.
b. Of meat: Suspended in the air to be cured by drying, or (in the case of game) to become ‘high’.
1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 349 Country-labourers, accustomed to feed usually upon hung Beef. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Fr. Gerund I. 106 Old ewe⁓mutton, hung-meat, and household bread. 1833Marryat P. Simple xxiii, A piece of hung beef, and six loaves. 1863Morn. Star 1 Jan. 5, I have heard Dr. Hill's evidence as to hung game being unwholesome and unfit for food.
2. a. Furnished or decorated with hanging things.
1648Gage West Ind. 16 All her masts and tacklings hung with paper Lanthornes. 1791Trans. Soc. Arts IX. 33 They [peas] grew rapidly and were very well hung. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 385 At the larger houses of entertainment were to be found beds hung with silk.
†b. Having pendent organs. Obs.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 1 Hunge tuppes are such as have both the stones in the codde. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 32 They cut off his genitories, (and they say he was hung like an ass). 1685Lond. Gaz. No. 1998/4 A large Hound Bitch..pretty well hung, all white. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T., Well-hung.
3. a. Of a jury: unable to agree. Cf. hang v. 6 b, 17 c. U.S.
1848E. Bryant California (1849) xxvi. 291 The jury..were what is called ‘hung’; they could not agree, and the matters in issue, therefore, remained exactly where they were. 1962Listener 10 May 799/1 No one would deny that a deadlocked jury—what the Americans call a hung jury—is a bad thing. 1965J. Porter Dover Two v. 63 What with hung juries, appeals and pleas for mercy, they'd had it [sc. the story] on ice for a long time.
b. Of an elected body: in which no political party has an overall majority.
1974Economist 3 Aug. 13/2 This Parliament has been called many names: the hung, the cynical, the shiftless, the cowed. 1978Times 22 May 2 He saw all the pointers to another hung parliament. 1979Economist 12 May 24/3 A hung parliament..helped to produce these hung councils. 1983Listener 14 Apr. 4/3 We must not expect politicians to say anything sensible about their intentions in a hung Parliament until the results are known. 1985Abingdon Herald 21 Feb. 6/4 There could be a ‘hung’ council, probably with the Tories being the largest group but unable to form an administration without the support of one of the other parties.
4. slang. Suffering from excess of liquor (or drugs). Also hung-over (cf. hang-over 2), having or affected by a hang-over.
1950R. Starnes And when she was Bad (1953) xvi. 76 Brafferton just came in, looking as hung over as you can get. 1952J. Van Druten I am a Camera (1954) 90 Enters..wearing a dressing gown and looks hung-over. ‘I say, you don't look too well this morning.’ ‘I've got a terrible hangover.’ 1958Amer. Speech XXXIII. 225 Drunks are hung, too. 1960Homes & Gardens Aug. 70/2 It is said to have therapeutic qualities on hungover mornings. 1960I. Shaw Two Weeks in another Town x. 125 He awoke late, feeling headachy and hung-over from the liquor of the night before. 1962K. Orvis Damned & Destroyed vii. 48 A score or more of addicts—all hungover. 1963H. Slesar Bridge of Lions i. 7, I know you're hung, Mr. Drew. 1968J. Hudson Case of Need vi. 126, I was hung over from a party after the game. Really hung. Too hung. 1972C. Drummond Death at Bar v. 139 Christ! You look hung over!.. What about drinks all round?
▪ II. hung|hʌŋ|
pa. tense and pple. of hang v. |