mung

M3U1N1G2
/mʌŋ//muːŋ/

noun

mung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.

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mung beangreen gramgolden grammoongmash beanmunggomonggogreen soy
OriginHindi मूँग ← Sanskrit मुद्ग →
UncommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

mung1

nounmung (countable and uncountable, plural mungs)

plural mungs · alternative mongo · alternative moongo · alternative moong · alternative munge · alternative mungo · alternative munj

  1. countableuncountablemung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.

mung2

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

present singular third person mungs · participle present munging · participle past munged · past munged · alternative munge · alternative mongo · alternative moongo · alternative moong · alternative munge · alternative mungo · alternative munj

  1. informalcomputingTo 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. broadlyinformalTo harm, to damage; to destroy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounseed of the mung bean plant; used for food

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mung beangreen gramgolden grammoongmash beanmunggomonggogreen soygreen bean
Broader
bean

nounerect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

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mung beanmung bean plantVigna radiataPhaseolus aureus
Broader
legumeleguminous plant

nounseed of the mung bean plant used for food

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mung beangreen beangreen gramgolden grammoongmash beanmunggomonggogreen soy
Broader
beanedible bean
Also see
golden gramgreen beangreen gramgreen soymash beanmung bean

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Origin

mung · noun

  1. Sanskritमुद्ग
  2. Hindiमूँग
  3. Englishmung

From Hindi मूँग (mūṅg), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga).

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mung · verb

Often doubtfully explained as mash until no good, or a self-referencing (recursive) acronym, mung until no good. Rumored to have originated from one of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer groups in the 1970s or 1980s. Potentially related to mangle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mung

youngamongnglunghungsungsprungdungshengrungrngunsungclungbunghyungoverhungpungguzhenghorse-hung'mongsilver tongueunstungXianfengyouth is wasted on the young
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APA

mung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mung

MLA

“mung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mung. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mung,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mung.

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