"mounge" meaning in English

See mounge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mounges [present, singular, third-person], mounging [participle, present], mounged [participle, past], mounged [past], munge [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} mounge (third-person singular simple present mounges, present participle mounging, simple past and past participle mounged)
  1. (northern UK, intransitive, obsolete) To whine or mutter. Tags: Northern, UK, intransitive, obsolete

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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