bung up

Definitions

1. 1

   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. 2

   To block or obstruct (an opening or passage).

   • The fallen leaves were bunging up the drain.
   • By dose is bunged up with snot!
3. 3

   To use up, as by bruising or overexertion

   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.
   • Bunged up he was, plenty. A scar on his nose, healed up, but showing the marks of where human teeth had bit him in a fight, as neat and clear as a dentist’s signboard.

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