{To bung up}, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to
exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low]
[1913 Webster]
He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. --Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
bunged — bʌŋ n. stopper, plug; bunghole; seller of liquor (Slang) v. close with a stopper, plug up; beat, hit; injure, bruise; (Slang) throw something somewhere recklessly; tip, give a gratuity adj. nonfunctional, broken, out of order; unusable;… … English contemporary dictionary
bung — [[t]bʌ̱ŋ[/t]] bungs, bunging, bunged 1) N COUNT A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask. Syn: stopper 2) VERB If you bung something somewhere, you put it there in a … English dictionary
bung up — transitive verb Etymology: bung (II) 1. slang : bruise, batter, lacerate his eyes and face were all bunged up from the fistfight 2 … Useful english dictionary
bung up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bung up : present tense I/you/we/they bung up he/she/it bungs up present participle bunging up past tense bunged up past participle bunged up 1) same as bung II, 2) 2) a) be bunged up British informal b) to… … English dictionary
Bung — Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunging}.] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; with up. [1913 Webster] {To bung up}, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bunging — Bung Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunging}.] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; with up. [1913 Webster] {To bung up}, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To bung up — Bung Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunging}.] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; with up. [1913 Webster] {To bung up}, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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bung — I UK [bʌŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms bung : singular bung plural bungs 1) a round piece of rubber, plastic, cork etc used for closing the opening of a container 2) British informal money that you give to someone secretly in order to make… … English dictionary
bung something up (with something) — ˌbung sth ˈup (with sth) derived usually passive to block sth • My nose is all bunged up. • The drains are bunged up with dead leaves. Main entry: ↑bungderived … Useful english dictionary
