mung
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to make dirty (often followed by up).
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to spoil, ruin, or destroy (often followed by up).
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Computers.
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to make incremental changes to (a file, system, etc.), eventually ruining or destroying the original.
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to modify (an email address) in an easily reversible way, to avoid spam.
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verb
Etymology
Origin of mung
First recorded in 1945–50; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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To make a banh tet, banana leaves are lined with rice, soft mung beans and pork belly and rolled into a tight log, which is then wrapped in the leaves and tied up with strings.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024
In just a weekend in Seoul, you can hike fortress walls, bike along the Han River and taste mung bean pancakes at a covered market.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Instead, snow skin mooncakes incorporate glutinous rice flour, sugar and water, and use simple fillings, such as custard and mung bean paste.
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022
Goodbye Wonder Bread and TV dinners, hello mung beans and carob.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2022
Like a mung bean my body stretched up toward the great grow lamp in the sky, and my case was even more significant because I continued to grow in the dark.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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