as in to fill
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
we had bunged up the moving van so much that we couldn't have possibly squeezed in one more thing
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Recent Examples of bung
Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.
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Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Nov. 2024
And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
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WIRED,
19 Mar. 2023
Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada’s tar sands are bunged-up with protests against new pipelines.
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The Economist,
27 Feb. 2020
Stuff that today’s parents would get all bunged up about – no bike helmets, no seat belts, roaming free all day through wood and dale with only a dime for emergency calls – were just part of regular ol’ parenting.
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Jill Hamilton,
Orange County Register,
20 Apr. 2017
Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Nov. 2024
And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
—
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2023
Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada’s tar sands are bunged-up with protests against new pipelines.
—
The Economist,
27 Feb. 2020
Stuff that today’s parents would get all bunged up about – no bike helmets, no seat belts, roaming free all day through wood and dale with only a dime for emergency calls – were just part of regular ol’ parenting.
—
Jill Hamilton,
Orange County Register,
20 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bung
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Combine gin, lime juice, syrup, Aperol and dry Curaçao in a shaker filled with ice.
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Parents are looking for activities that do more than fill the hours, and a good cooking class can hand a child real skills, real confidence and a few recipes worth making again at home.
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His focus on the GOP voter ID bill is preventing Congress from reviving a key surveillance law, plugging up the House floor, and even keeping him from signing a bipartisan housing bill.
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Instead the most advanced lab in the field is plugging into someone else's system of record, because that is where the proprietary context lives.
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Volunteers with Georgia's Own Credit Union spent Tuesday packing 500 meal kits as part of MUST Ministries' Summer Lunch program.
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Either way, Aestura’s Atobarrier 365 Ceramide Cream Mist is an easy way to give quick hydration to dry, stressed skin, thanks to an ultrafine spray packed with ceramides.
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“Bung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bung. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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