mung

[ muhng ]

/ mʌŋ /

Slang.

noun

something disgusting or offensive, especially filth or muck.

verb (used with object)

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.

Words nearby mung

mundanity, mundelein, mundify, mundugumor, mundungus, mung, mung bean, munga, munge, mungo, munhall

Origin of mung

First recorded in 1945–50; of uncertain origin

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mung

mung munge

Definition for munging (2 of 2)

munge

[ muhnj ]

/ mʌndʒ /

verb (used with or without object), munged, mung·ing. Computer Slang.

to manipulate (raw data), especially to convert (data) from one format to another: the munging of HTML content.

Origin of munge

of uncertain origin

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH munge

mung munge

British Dictionary definitions for munging

mung

/ (mʌŋ) /

verb (tr)

computing slang to process (computer data)

Word Origin for mung

C20: m (ash) u (ntil) n (o) g (ood)

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