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bunging up

bunging up is the present participle and gerund of bung up.

Meaning of bung up

Verb

bung up (third-person singular simple present bungs up, present participle bunging up, simple past and past participle bunged up)

  1. (New Zealand, UK) To close (an opening) with a cork, cork-like object or other improvised obstruction.
    • He used a piece of putty to temporarily bung up the leaking gutter.
  2. (New Zealand, UK) To block or obstruct (an opening or passage).
    • The fallen leaves were bunging up the drain.
  3. (obsolete, slang) To use up, as by bruising or overexertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action.
    • He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years.1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), he History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha (originally by Miguel de Cervantes)

Questions about bunging up

What is bunging up the present participle and gerund of?
Bunging up is the present participle and gerund of bung up.

Words near bunging up in the dictionary

  1. Bungil
  2. bunging
  3. bunging it on
  4. bunging on
  5. bunging out
  6. bunging up
  7. bungirl
  8. bungirls
  9. Bungis
  10. Bungish
  11. bungkil

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