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Meaning of "hung up" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES HUNG UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Hung Up

"Hung Up" is a 2005 song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was written and produced in collaboration with Stuart Price, and released as the first single from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Initially used in a number of television advertisements and serials, the song was released as the album's lead single on October 18, 2005. It has also made an appearance on her 2009 greatest hits album, Celebration. It also became Madonna's first track to be released to the iTunes Store for digital download. "Hung Up" prominently features a sample of pop group ABBA's hit single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", for which Madonna personally sought permission from ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Musically the song is influenced by 1980s pop, with a chugging groove and chorus and a background element of a ticking clock that suggests the fear of wasting time. Lyrically the song is written as a traditional dance number about a strong, independent woman who has relationship troubles.

Definition of hung up in the English dictionary

The definition of hung up in the dictionary is impeded by some difficulty or delay. Other definition of hung up is in a state of confusion; emotionally disturbed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUNG UP

hung
Hung Hsiu-ch´uan
hung jury
hung over
hung parliament
hung up on
Hung-wu
Hung.
hungan
Hungarian
Hungarian goulash
Hungary
hunger
hunger march
hunger marches
hunger pangs
hunger strike
hunger striker
hungerful
hungeringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUNG UP

bang up
big up
blowing up
bring up
drag up
flag up
gang up
give someone a leg up
hang up
leg up
mug up
rig up
ring up
rug up
strung up
tapping up

Synonyms and antonyms of hung up in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hung up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUNG UP

Find out the translation of hung up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hung up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hung up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

担忧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colgado
570 millions of speakers

English

hung up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लटका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعلق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

повесил трубку
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grilado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝুলে থাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obsédé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Digantung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

besorgt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気に病んで
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전전긍긍하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggantung munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

treo lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொங்கியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्तब्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kapattım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ossessionato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powiesił
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повісив трубку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

închis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κρέμασε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hängde upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hengt opp
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNG UP»

The term «hung up» is very widely used and occupies the 15.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hung up

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10 QUOTES WITH «HUNG UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hung up.
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Monica Ali
I don't want to get hung up on what 'people,' that nebulous mass, think about me. That's the way to unhappiness, I think.
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Alan Arkin
Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was, 'I got hung up.' Somebody says they got hung up, it's unassailable, you know? You don't go near that. Whoa! I know what that can be like.
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Rob Bell
To be honest with you, I am passionate about all the people out there who want to know Jesus, they want to know God, and they are sick of a system that is hung up on a bunch of things that have nothing to do with the love of God.
4
Jack Black
I don't get hung up on weight.
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Dominic Cooper
You want to know if anyone's going to go see your film. You shouldn't worry about it or get hung up on it. So yea, you kind of monitor it.
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El DeBarge
I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing other people's songs better than my own. She says I loosen up and give the songs a different feel.
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Betty Dodson
Men are hung up on breasts. They're looking at the titty dinner. It's pathetic.
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Paz de la Huerta
I don't get hung up about anything really.
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Gary Frank
For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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Lucian Freud
And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNG UP»

Discover the use of hung up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hung up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hung Up a Fisherman's Sos
We had just gotanorder, overthe fax machine, forfifty thousand dollars. Ithought he was joking, so I hung up.Fifteen minutes later, Curt called me back and told me we had gotten another order for an additional hundred and fifty thousand dollars ...
John C. Goodwin, 2012
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Hung Up
Can you fall in love with a voice? This witty romance, told entirely through phone calls, chronicles the tale of a wrong number gone right. It all started with a wrong number.
Kristen Tracy, 2014
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Hung Up
Kristen Tracy. April 18, 5:38 p.m. Lucy: I just tried to find your home number in the phone book. Then I called the operator. It's unlisted, James. God, maybe you don' t even exist or something. Or maybe you said you were James Rusher, but ...
Kristen Tracy, 2014
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Harps Hung Up in Babylon
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Arthur Willis Colton, 2012
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Hung Up to Die: A Mandy Dyer Mystery
Mandy Dyer becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Farley Mills, her main competitor in the dry-cleaning business in downtown Denver, just as the real killer begins preying on her colorful cast of employees.
Dolores Johnson, 1997
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Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation
Originally published: Evanston, Ill.: Regency Books, 1961. Raw, vital, uncopromising here are portraits of the lost, the damned, the helpless, trying to get a handle on life.
Harlan Ellison, 2013
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The Zombies: Hung Up on a Dream : a Biography - 1962-1967
Odessey and Oracle is still the masterpiece I originally perceived it as.--Al Kooper
Claes Johansen, 2001
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
from the throne he had mounted) A^+A saqaqqala to suspend, hang up somewhat, suspend, hang up several times; to hang several persons (as punishment) •f-A+A tasaqqala to be suspended, hung up, hoisted, to be raised, raised up, lifted; ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
[Prob. short for hung-over adjective.] See also hung up adjective, well-hung adjective. hung up adjective 1 Confused, bewildered, mixed-up. 1945–. B. MALAMUD He was more than a little hung up, stupid from lack of sleep, worried about his ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Hung Up
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Hung Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNG UP»

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The IRS hung up on taxpayers 8.8 million times this year. And …
The Internal Revenue Service hung up on customers calling for help 8.8 million times this year, showing just how low service sank during tax ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
IRS customer service hung up on 9 million callers | News - Home
The IRS' customer service line is helping fewer people than ever -- nearly 9 million callers were hung up on this year. TJ Holmes and Reena ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
3
Report: ISIS tortures 94 Syrians, including 5 teens, for not fasting on …
Transgressors were flogged, hung up by their arms or put in metal cages for failing to observe Muslim fasting month, rights group says. «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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The dream of Hung Hsiu-chu and the KMT's "anti anti-China" union …
The KMT and Hung are now hung up on these issues, when they should be returning to the basic concept itself. The core of President Ma's ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Ends A Political Headache For Walker …
The investigation had been hung up for 18 months after a lower court ruling. Walker had maintained innocence even after a separate "John ... «NPR, Jul 15»
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Sandra Bland Tried to Post Bail Before Allegedly Committing …
Booker then hung up and didn't respond to further requests for comment. It would have cost friends or family $500 to bail out Bland, Capt. «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Why we're hung up on the Hang
Why we're hung up on the Hang. Haven't heard of the Hang? It's a melodic drum that creates a haunting tone and here's why we love it: ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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Appalled to see Pinewood hung up
After reading the recent article in the paper about the City Council's plan to appeal the loss in the Pinewood Golf Course lawsuit to the Supreme ... «Star News, Jul 15»
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Bella Katz: Oz's major telcos hung up on wrong issues
Bella Katz: Oz's major telcos hung up on wrong issues. 10:50 AM Tuesday Jul 14, 2015 Add a comment. Save. Facebook 0. Twitter 0. LinkedIn 0. Google+ 0. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Jamie nearly hung up racket before run to doubles final
Jamie Murray has admitted he was close to quitting tennis before he and John Peers began the doubles journey that has led them to the ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

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