Thesaurus results for BUNGED UP

bunged up

verb

past tense of bung up

as in licked

to strike repeatedly he's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse

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Verb

Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

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The chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan.

— Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of pounded

Verb

Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of lashed

Verb

After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

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The two bears had been involved in an incident in which two of Grazer’s 2024 cubs were attacked by Chunk after falling over a waterfall.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
Soon after, Anthropic revealed that its own stress testers attacked three companies too.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacked

Verb

Hurricane Fiona had battered the town in September 2022, on record as the worst tropical storm ever to hit Canada.

— Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Not long after Tung took office in 1997, Hong Kong’s economy was battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of battered

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The Folsom Police Department responded shortly before noon Sunday, according to daily activity logs, which state an unknown suspect reportedly punched out the passenger door lock and set fire to the vehicle.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
On June 23, 1917, believe it or not, Babe Ruth punched out an umpire, Brick Owens, for disqualifying him from the game.

— Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026

Definition of punched out

Verb

Prosecutors said Pike cut Slemmer with a box cutter and beat her with a large chunk of asphalt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
In terms of total latency between 4K60 and 1080p120, the Roku Pro Series beats the U6SF Pro by a fifth of a millisecond, earning our latest PCMag Lab Award for lowest input lag.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

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