bunged
past simple and past participle ofbung
bung
verb[T+ adv/prep]
UKinformaluk/bʌŋ/us/bʌŋ/to put somethingsomewherein acarelessway:
"Where shall I put mycoat?" "Oh, bung itanywhere."
Placing and positioning an object
- -based
- appose
- around
- changesomethingaround
- circle
- consign
- install
- lie
- pile(something)up
- plant
- redeposit
- reinstall
- reinstallation
- relocate
- reorientate
- spread
- stick
- superimpose
- transpose
- transposition
Phrasal verb
bungsomethingup
Examplesofbunged
bunged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
These issues must not bebungedunder the carpet.
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It is extremely bad for old people to be taken out of their familiar surroundings andbungedsomewhere far away from their family and friends.
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Nothing could be of more value in thisbunged-up island; and it is, moreover, a park providing a very special form of recreation.
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The ventilator has beenbungedup simply because the person in question wanted itbungedup to preserve him or her from the cold.
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The roads arebungedup with commercial traffic and there is now the certainty of a fourth terminal, which will require even better road access.
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Then, under alleged pressure, they suddenlybungedon us the question of pay, although we were completely incompetent to deal with pay.
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However much onebungedup every gap, the wind still came in.
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The lady wrote back to say that she did not want her homebungedup with windows that she could not open and doors that got stuck.
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Is he "bunged" back, completely penniless?
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There is also a pipe that leads from the main pool to the river which isbungedduring winter to maintain the water levels for wintering wildfowl.
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- fire brigade officer
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- fire certificate
- fire-certificate
- fire chief
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