mung
[muhng]Slang.
- something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.
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- to make dirty (often followed by up).
- to spoil, ruin, or destroy (often followed by up).
- Computers.
- to make incremental changes to (a file, system, etc.), eventually ruining or destroying the original.
- to modify (an email address) in an easily reversible way, to avoid spam.
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Origin of mung
First recorded in 1945–50; of uncertain origin
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Contemporary Examples
Example: “The first, a dark inside room that, even from the outside, smelled like mung beer, Axe body spray, and sweat.”
Then look East for mung bean sprouts, which contain Vitamins A, B, C, and E in addition to calcium, iron, and potassium.
Ideal Meal: Mung bean sprouts as a snack or added to salad, plus oranges and bananas and long sips of herbal tea.
Soy-Bean and Mung Bean Sprouts Seasoned with Sesame Oil by Madhur Jaffrey This is sesame noodles without the noodles.
Mung bean sprouts are light and crunchy, and with a drizzle of soy sauce and sesame oil, this salad is crisp and refreshing.
Historical Examples
Felix recognized Li, son of Mung, son of Tseu, the literate mandarin of the 114th class.
In the hot weather, however, I prefer to use either the “mote” or “mung” to linseed.
Notes on Stable Management in India and the ColoniesJoshua A. Nunn
The shoots mixed with grains of mung, corn, and rice are given for teething or measles.
A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanJohn U. Wolff
Ispúku muy (mung) mupalit ug kadilak nga way muinstulmin, Imagine!
A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanJohn U. Wolff
Nindut munggusan ang bulad bulinaw, Dried anchovies goes well if cooked with mung beans.
A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanJohn U. Wolff
mung
- computing slang to process (computer data)
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Word Origin
C20: m (ash) u (ntil) n (o) g (ood)
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