hung up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhng uhp]
- /hʌŋ ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [huhng uhp]
- /hʌŋ ʌp/

Definitions of hung up words

adjective hung up Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals. 1
verb with object hung up to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend. 1
verb with object hung up to attach or suspend so as to allow free movement: to hang a pendulum. 1
verb with object hung up to place in position or fasten so as to allow easy or ready movement. 1
verb with object hung up to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. 1
verb with object hung up to suspend (oneself) by the neck until dead: He hanged himself from a beam in the attic. 1

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Origin of hung up

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; fusion of 3 verbs: (1) Middle English, Old English hōn to hang (transitive), cognate with Gothic hāhan, orig. *haghan; (2) Middle English hang(i)en, Old English hangian to hang (intransitive), cognate with German hangen; (3) Middle English henge < Old Norse hengja (transitive), cognate with German hängen to hang

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Parts of speech for Hung up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hung up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

hung up usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hung up

adj hung up

disturbed — marked by symptoms of mental illness: a disturbed personality.
neurotic — pertaining to the nerves or to nerve disease; neural: no longer in technical use.
psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
absorbed — If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.

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