"munge" meaning in English

See munge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mʌnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-munge.wav Forms: munges [present, singular, third-person], munging [participle, present], munged [participle, past], munged [past]
Rhymes: -ʌndʒ Etymology: Variant of mung; likely a misconstructed back-formation from munging, munged or munger. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|munging|nocap=1}} back-formation from munging Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (transform data in an undefined/unexplained manner): pulauttaa (Finnish), beschädigen (German), zerstören (German), tahrip etmek (Turkish), zarar vermek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-munge-en-verb-Riv6dpV5 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 47 10 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'transform data in an undefined/unexplained manner': 87 10 3
  2. (transitive, computing, informal) To add a spamblock to (an email address). Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-munge-en-verb-I7KRnC52 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 30 60 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 60 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 47 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 15 2 38 31 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 54 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 52 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 32 57 10 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (transitive, genealogy, informal) To corrupt a record about a person by erroneously merging in information about another person. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Genealogy
    Sense id: en-munge-en-verb-mY4rtok5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mung Derived forms: data munging, munger

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "transform data in an undefined/unexplained manner",
      "word": "pulauttaa"
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      "sense": "transform data in an undefined/unexplained manner",
      "word": "beschädigen"
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      "sense": "transform data in an undefined/unexplained manner",
      "word": "zerstören"
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