mung

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʌŋ/, /muːŋ/

Noun

mung (plural mungs)

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

Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /mʌŋ/

Verb

mung (mungs, present participle munging; past and past participle munged)

1. (computing, informal) 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, informal) To harm, to damage; to destroy.

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