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bungs up

bungs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bungs up

What is bungs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bungs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bung up.

Words near bungs up in the dictionary

  1. Bungro
  2. bungs
  3. bungs it on
  4. bungs on
  5. bungs out
  6. bungs up
  7. bungstarter
  8. bungstarters
  9. Bungtod
  10. Bungtown
  11. bungu

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