different between munge vs gunge

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Verb

munge (third-person singular simple present munges, present participle munging, simple past and past participle munged)

1. (transitive, computing, informal) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.
   • 2011, Brian Knight, Ketan Patel, Wayne Snyder, Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration

     As a part of the code review with the development team, notify them that you want to have these options as a part of the installation script, rather than you munging the installation scripts during deployment.

2. (transitive, computing, informal) To add a spamblock to (an email address).
   • 1998, Alan Schwartz, Simson Garfinkel, Stopping spam

     Munging is effective — it prevents unwanted email from reaching you by keeping your real email address out of the clutches of the address-harvesting programs.

3. (transitive, genealogy, informal) To corrupt a record about an individual by erroneously merging in information about another individual.

Alternative forms

• mung

Derived terms

• data munging

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -und?e

Verb

munge

1. third-person singular present indicative of mungere

English

Etymology 1

See gong.

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

Etymology 2

First attested around 1935-40. Probably an alteration of gunk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd??/

Noun

gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

1. (Britain) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
   • 1978, A. S. Byatt, The Virgin in The Garden, Vintage International 1992, p.390:

     Have I got trails of gunge on these frills?

2. (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
   • 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist:

     They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “'gunge.”

Derived terms

• gungey/gungy

Verb

gunge (third-person singular simple present gunges, present participle gunging, simple past and past participle gunged)

1. (often with "up") To clog with gunge.
2. (Britain) To cover with gunge.

Synonyms

• goo
• goop
• grunge
• gunk
• slime

Anagrams

• Geung

Albanian

Noun

gunge

1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

Adjective

gunge

1. Alternative form of yong

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gunga or g?n, which derives from Proto-Germanic *gangan? (“to go, walk, step”).

Verb

gunge

1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gunga, ganga, from Proto-Germanic *gangan?. More at English gang.

Verb

gunge

1. to go