BUNGED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

bunged

verb

past tense of bung

as in filled

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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Following the Japanese art form Kintsugi, the packaging is made up of gold- and silver-filled pottery fragments to resemble a broken heart pieced back together.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
These cracks were filled by the lime clasts that reacted with salt or rainwater to recrystallize.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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Family dinner and movie night at home R+D Kitchen is always packed, so my sons, who are 31 and 33, do the cooking.

— Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
During a meeting last month, dozens of students and educators packed the school board’s auditorium to support Broderick, in a contentious meeting that at times erupted in shouting amid questions over what can be said during public comments.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

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Alberto Freites Arvilla inserted a card into a computer component of the ATM, then plugged the ATM back in and turned it on, then left the area.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
The guest claims the hotel never plugged a hole under the air conditioning unit where the bats are believed to have entered.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

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