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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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Federal elections are currently scheduled for October 2025, but Trudeau’s Liberals lead a minority government in a hung Parliament, and opposition parties could join forces to compel an early vote at any time.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
In many prisons, men sleep jaw-to-jaw in closely hung hammocks.
—Jennifer Peirce, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2016
The more enterprising strung up clotheslines between palm trees and hung bedsheets for impromptu shelters.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
That trial’s jury was hung, and a retrial included much less of that testimony, their attorneys and family members have said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Federal elections are currently scheduled for October 2025, but Trudeau’s Liberals lead a minority government in a hung Parliament, and opposition parties could join forces to compel an early vote at any time.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
In many prisons, men sleep jaw-to-jaw in closely hung hammocks.
—Jennifer Peirce, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2016
The more enterprising strung up clotheslines between palm trees and hung bedsheets for impromptu shelters.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Hung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hung. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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