bunged up

verb

Definition of bunged upnext
past tense of bung up
as in licked
to strike repeatedly 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunged up
  1. pounded
  2. whipped
  3. attacked
  4. beat
  5. pelted
  6. battered
  7. hit
  8. punched
Verb
  • My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out the anticipatory purr of two ambulance engines idling nearby.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of pounded
Verb
  • In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • The site has previously been attacked by Ukrainian drones.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Two months after the end of the Korean War, the United States signed a bilateral mutual security treaty with South Korea in which Washington committed to come to Seoul’s aid if it were attacked.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of attacked
Verb
  • At Olive Garden, Darden’s largest chain in terms of revenue, same-store sales rose 2% and beat analysts’ expectations.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Howe went strong, picking the same team that had beaten Leicester City 4-0 on Saturday (Brentford made five changes).
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of beat
Verb
  • Metro Detroit will get pelted with wet weather today, from a wintry mix in Wayne County to as much as 3 inches of snow in places like Oakland County and parts of Macomb, according to the National Weather Service office in White Lake.
    Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Superman is shielding children from explosive blasts, getting pelted with trash tossed by angry spectators, and mourning a fallen Kelex.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of pelted
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On Saturday night, for long periods, they were battered.
    Michael Cox, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
Verb
  • El Sett After biopics devoted to iconic music artists Maria Callas (Maria), Amy Winehouse (Back to Black) and Bob Dylan (A Complete Unknown) in 2024, the life of famed Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum will hit the big screen in 2025.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The film is seemingly set in 2001, as someone references watching the news that morning and seeing a plane hitting a skyscraper in New York.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of hit
Verb
  • The Baltimore Ravens punched their ticket to the postseason and kept their hopes for a division title alive Saturday.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to continuing series like One Piece offering up some of the biggest and best episodes to date, 2024 saw a bunch of newcomers that punched well above their weight.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of punched
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