bunged

‖n. [ NL. (cf. It. beccabunga, G. bachbunge), fr. G. bach brook + bunge, OHG. bungo, bulb. See Beck a brook. ] See Brooklime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine. ] 1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sharper or pickpocket. [ Obs. & Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You filthy bung, away. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bunged p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging ] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote). [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to a bungalow; similar to a bungalow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having many bungalows. the bungaloid suburbs [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Bengalee bānglā ] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Bungar, the native name. ] (Zool.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Aeronautics) a spring or other elastic device, especially one attached to a control to facilitate its manipulation. [ PJC ]

2. same as bungee cord. [ PJC ]

n. a strong elastic cord, usually with a hook at each end, used as a shock-absorbing device or to bind packages together, as on a dolly or handcart. [ PJC ]

n. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface of the earth or the water. [ PJC ]

n. See Bung, n., 2. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bungled p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling ] [ Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang. ] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. performed poorly or inadequately; as, a bungled job; the Watergate scandal started with a bungled burglary.
Syn. -- botched, goofed up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. [ 1913 Webster ]

If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. awkward to move or use especially because of shape; as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
Syn. -- awkward, clumsy, ungainly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

They make but bungling work. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Clumsily; awkwardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Lautverschiebungen /plu>. [ G.; laut sound + verschiebung shifting. ] (Philol.) (a) The regular changes which the primitive Indo-European stops, or mute consonants, underwent in the Teutonic languages, probably as early as the 3d century b. c. , often called the first Lautverschiebung, sound shifting, or consonant shifting. (b) A somewhat similar set of changes taking place in the High German dialects (less fully in modern literary German) from the 6th to the 8th century, known as the second Lautverschiebung, the results of which form the striking differences between High German and The Low German Languages. The statement of these changes is commonly regarded as forming part of Grimm's law, because included in it as originally framed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Under the nail or hoof. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bung. ] To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask. [ 1913 Webster ]