Synonyms
- bash
- baste
- bat
- batter
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- birch
- bludgeon
- buffet
- club
- curry
- do
- drub
- fib [British]
- flog
- hammer
- hide
- lace
- lambaste
- lambast
- lash
- lather
- lick
- maul
- mess (up)
- paddle
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punch out
- rough (up)
- slate
- slog
- switch
- tan
- thrash
- thresh
- thump
- tromp
- wallop
- whale
- whip
- whop
- whap
- whup
- work over
Examples of bung up in a Sentence
he's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse
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Yeah, around Hampstead, driving people crazy with the whistle until it was bunged up and stopped by the sound department.
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Bung up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bung%20up. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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