noun
- Plural of mung; mung beans or mung sprouts.
Usage: common in cooking and nutrition contexts
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of mung; to make messy changes to something, especially computer code or data.
Usage: informal; computing slang
Examples
- She added mungs to her stir-fry for extra protein.
- Mung sprouts are a nutritious addition to salads.
- The programmer mungs the code without proper documentation.
- He mungs the data until it fits the desired output.
- Mungs are a staple ingredient in Asian cuisine.