clung

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: klŭng
• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /klʌŋ/

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /klɐŋ/
• (Northern England, Midlands) IPA^(key): /klʊŋ/
• (Northern England, Midlands, without the NG-coalescence) IPA^(key): /klʊŋɡ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /kləŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋ
• Hyphenation: clung

Verb

clung

1. simple past and past participle of cling

Adjective

clung (comparative more clung, superlative most clung)

1. (obsolete) Shrunken; wasted away.

Translations

wasted away — see shrunken