HUNG UP


Meaning of HUNG UP in English

I. |həŋ|əp adjective

Etymology: from past participle of hang up

: delayed, detained

was hung up at the office and missed his train

II. adjective

1. : having a hang-up : anxious

don't know why women have to be so hung up about age — Pauline Kael

2. : being much involved with: as

a. : infatuated

they get hung up on some fellow here — Jeff Brown

b. : enthusiastic

people who are hung up on French Provincial — Walter Goodman

c. : preoccupied

hung up on winning

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