mung

English

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Alternative forms

• moong
• mung bean
• munge

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋ

Etymology 1

From Hindi

Noun

mung (plural mungs)

1. A type of small bean.
2. A type of plant cultivated for its sprouts Vigna radiata or Phaseolus aureus.

Etymology 2

Possibly from Mash Until No Good, or a self referencing acronym, Mung Until No Good. Rumored to have originated from one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer groups in the 1970s or 1980s.

Verb

mung (third-person singular simple present mungs, present participle munging, simple past and past participle munged)

1. (computing) To make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.
2. (by extension) to destroy

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Amanab

Noun

mung

1. leg