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Synonyms for hung up

Grammar : Adj
Spell : huhng-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌŋˈʌp

Définition of hung up

Origin :
  • a fusion of Old English hon "suspend" (transitive, class VII strong verb; past tense heng, past participle hangen), and Old English hangian (weak, intransitive, past tense hangode) "be suspended;" also probably influenced by Old Norse hengja "suspend," and hanga "be suspended." All from Proto-Germanic *khang- (cf. Old Frisian hangia, Dutch hangen, German hängen), from PIE *kank- "to hang" (cf. Gothic hahan, Hittite gang- "to hang," Sanskrit sankate "wavers," Latin cunctari "to delay;" see also second element in Stonehenge). As a method of execution, in late Old English (but originally specifically of crucifixion).
  • Hung emerged as past participle 16c. in northern England dialect, and hanged endured only in legal language (which tends to be conservative) and metaphors extended from it (I'll be hanged). Teen slang sense of "spend time" first recorded 1951; hang around "idle, loiter" is from 1830, and hang out (v.) is from 1811. Hang fire (1781) was originally used of guns that were slow in communicating the fire through the vent to the charge. To let it all hang out "be relaxed and uninhibited" is from 1967.
  • adj troubled
  • adj intent
Example sentences :
  • He had hung up his buck at the camp and was cutting strips from it for his supper.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • When the fatal number was read out, he thanked her and hung up.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • The thin part of tongues, when hung up to dry, grates like hung beef, and also makes a fine addition to the flavour of omlets.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Just as Bentley hung up the receiver the extra was being cried.
  • Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks
  • "I've had them hung up ever since I lit the fire this morning," said the girl, tossing her head.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • She hung up the receiver abruptly and went to making memoranda.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • He hung up the receiver of the televisor and clicked off the switch.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • If she was an accident ward she'd be hung up at the eight-thousand-foot level.
  • Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Please wire one thousand dollars to Bridgeport, where I am hung up.
  • Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
  • Half a dozen lanterns were lighted and hung up from the beams.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

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