bung

/bʌŋ/ verb

Translation

bung sth in/on, etc UK informal › to put something somewhere in a quick, careless way

gelişigüzel koyuvermek, tıkıştırmak

Shall I bung a chicken in the oven for dinner?1636

bung sth up phrasal verb UK informal

› to cause something to be blocked so that it does not work in the way it should

tıkanmak, kapanmak

[often passive] The toilet was bunged up with paper.1862

(Definition of bung verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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