uphang

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/ʌpˈhæŋ/

verb

To hang up.

OriginMiddle English uphongen →
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Meanings

verbuphang (third-person singular simple present uphangs, present participle uphanging, simple past and past participle uphung)

present singular third person uphangs · participle present uphanging · participle past uphung · past uphung

  1. rareTo hang up.
  2. rareTo suspend or fix aloft.

    When soft stars were brightly uphanging the night.

    1860, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Origin

  1. Middle Englishuphongen
  2. Englishuphang

From Middle English uphongen. By surface analysis, up- + hang.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with uphang

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Cite this entry
APA

uphang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uphang

MLA

“uphang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uphang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uphang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uphang.

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