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bungee
English
Alternative forms
- bungy
Etymology
Probably from slang language, maybe from bouncy + spongy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?n.d??i/
Noun
bungee (plural bungees)
- An elastic fabric-bound strap with a hook at each end, used for securing luggage.
- An elastic cord tied to the ankles of the jumper in bungee jumping.
- (slang) A rubber eraser.
Derived terms
- bungee jump
- bungee jumper
- bungee jumping
- bungee cord
- bungee line
- bungee rope
Translations
bungee From the web:
bungle
English
Etymology
From Old Norse, akin to Swedish dialect bangla (“to work ineffectually”), from Old Swedish bunga (“to strike”). Compare German Bengel (“cudgel; rude fellow”), Middle High German bungen (“to hammer”).
The noun derives from the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??.?(?)l/
- Rhymes: -????l
Verb
bungle (third-person singular simple present bungles, present participle bungling, simple past and past participle bungled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly.
- 1821, February 25th, Byron, quoted from Letters and Journals of Lord Byron:
- I always had an idea that it would be bungled; but was willing to hope, and am still so. Whatever I can do by money, means, or person, I will venture freely for their freedom; […]
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter 49:
- His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. “Would any one believe this?” says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. “I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!”
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- There was a whiff of farce about Southampton’s second goal too, as, six minutes later, a bungled Sunderland pass ricocheted off Will Buckley’s backside to the feet of Dusan Tadic.
- 1821, February 25th, Byron, quoted from Letters and Journals of Lord Byron:
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:spoil
Derived terms
- bungler
- bungling
- bunglesome
Translations
Noun
bungle (plural bungles)
- A botched or incompetently handled situation.
- 1888, Henry Lawson, United Division:
- The Soudan bungle was born partly of sentimental loyalty and partly of the aforementioned jealousy existing between the colonies, and now at a time when the colonies should club closer together our Government is doing all they can to widen the breach by trying to pass a bill enabling New South Wales to monopolise the name “Australia”.
- 1888, Henry Lawson, United Division:
Anagrams
- blunge
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