bung up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === bung up (third-person singular simple present bungs up, present participle bunging up, simple past and past participle bunged up) (British, New Zealand, of a person) To close (an opening) with a cork, cork-like object or other improvised obstruction. (British, New Zealand, of debris) To block or obstruct (an opening or passage). (obsolete, slang) To use up, as by bruising or overexertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. 1612, Thomas Shelton (translator), he History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha (originally by Miguel de Cervantes) He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years.