brung
/ˈbɹʌŋ/
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Midlands/bɹʊŋ/
brung is the simple past and past participle of bring.
Meaning of bring
Verb
bring (third-person singular simple present brings, present participle bringing, simple past brought or (colloquial, dialectal) brang, past participle brought or (colloquial, dialectal) brung or (rare, dialectal) broughten)
- To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
- Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey.
- To supply or contribute.
- The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing.
- To occasion or bring about.
- Let's bring our differences to an issue.
- To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
- To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
- It seems so preposterous a thing[…]that they do not easily bring themselves to it.1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 11
- To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
- What does coal bring per ton?
Origin of brung
Perhaps by analogy with other strong verbs, but compare also the Old English past forms brunge, brungon and past participle variant brungen (“brought”).
Phrases with brung
- dance with the one who brung ya
- leave with the one who brung ya
- dance with the one that brung ya
- dance with the one what brung ya
- dance with the one who brung you
- leave with the one that brung ya
- leave with the one what brung ya
- leave with the one who brung you
- dance with the one that brung you
- dance with the one what brung you
- leave with the one that brung you
- leave with the one what brung you
Words that rhyme with brung
Questions about brung
- What is brung the simple past and past participle of?
- Brung is the simple past and past participle of bring.
- How do you pronounce brung?
- Brung is pronounced /ˈbɹʌŋ/.
Words near brung in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brung (page history and authors); bring (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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