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
Examples of hung in a Sentence
Adjective
stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Maria Hadden, 49th, said negotiations over the legislation are ongoing, but remain hung up on several major sticking points.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
This is sitting right in front of him, and Shep is too hung up on a girl who doesn’t want to call him back?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Efforts to dismiss Read’s defense team, however, soon argued that the jury was not hung, as five of them had surfaced to say that the jury was ready to acquit on both the murder and leaving the scene charges and was only in disagreement over manslaughter.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Reacher was hung, punched, thrown around, drowned, and still kept trying to best the guy twice his size.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Maria Hadden, 49th, said negotiations over the legislation are ongoing, but remain hung up on several major sticking points.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
This is sitting right in front of him, and Shep is too hung up on a girl who doesn’t want to call him back?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Efforts to dismiss Read’s defense team, however, soon argued that the jury was not hung, as five of them had surfaced to say that the jury was ready to acquit on both the murder and leaving the scene charges and was only in disagreement over manslaughter.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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