bungeen.
/ˈbʌndʒi/ slang.
a. India-rubber; a rubber.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > device for erasing > rubber
rubber1779
Indian rubber?1780
India rubber1784
ink-eraser1881
bungee1928
1928 E. Scott War among Ladies i. ii. 24 Where's my rubber? Joan, have you pinched my bunjy?
1934 Notes & Queries 167 441/2 In the schoolroom fifty years ago, the piece of india-rubber for erasing purposes was referred to as ‘india-bungie’ or ‘bungie’ — pronounced with the g soft, bunjie.
1958 Listener 6 Nov. 722/2 Any bits and pieces of pencil, string, bungy, and odd nibs.
b. (A nickname for) a Naval physical-training instructor.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > instructor > in drill
trainer1598
drill-sergeant1803
drill-master1870
drill-instructor1876
bungee1915
springer1935
basher1942
square-basher1959
1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 75 ‘Bunje,’ said the First Lieutenant, ‘come to the club and have tea and play “pills” afterwards?’ The Indiarubber Man shook his head.
Draft additions 1997
1. (Usually attributive, as bungee cord, bungee rope, etc.) an elasticated cord or cable, spec.:
a. Aeronautics (a) An elasticated cord used in launching a glider; (b) any of various springs or elasticated tension devices used in the control system of an aircraft to facilitate movement (esp. of landing gear) or absorb shock.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > glider > [adjective] > cord or cable used to launch glider
bungee cord1938
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [adjective] > cords for movement or absorb shock
bungee cord1938
society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > controls and instruments > [noun] > controls > cords for movement or absorb shock
bungee cord1938
1938 W. Hirth Art of Soaring Flight viii. 116 Bungy-launching, which brings out the team spirit among pilots, later became the standard method of taking-off.
1944 T. Horsley Soaring Flight xxi. 246 When the ‘bunje’ only is being used, the whole procedure will be slower and less effective.
1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 95/2 A bungee is used..in certain aircraft to assist in retracting landing gear.
1977 New Yorker 4 July 40/3 He built the new bungee-cord landing gear for his Champ.
1980 R. D. Bent & J. L. McKinley Aircraft Maintenance & Repair (ed. 4) xi. 341/1 When in the down-and-locked position and it is desired to retract the gear, the over-center links are released by the hydraulically actuated bungee cylinder to permit gear retraction.
1991 Pilot Nov. 41/2 Cubs are not the easiest of aeroplanes to land tidily. The un-damped bungee springing can lead to a bouncy arrival.
b. (a) A fabric-bound rubber strap with a hook on either end, used for binding and securing baggage, etc.; (b) the elasticated rope from which a jumper is suspended in bungee jumping (see sense Additions 2 below): originally U.S.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string > other type
souter's end1832
bungee cord1962
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [noun] > bungee jumping > equipment
bungee cord1986
1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 150 We added a heavy bungee cord to the equipment in the capsule, and I planned to pull it as far as it would go at certain periods during the flight to see what effect a known amount of exercise would have on my heart.
1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iii. 56 He had to turn down an Apollo 10 recommendation that the 11 crew carry rubber cords called ‘bungees’ on their flight to hold down papers.
1982 Boxwooder No. 156. 2 I keep a set of bungee cords in the trunk of my car for fastening down suitcases on the luggage rack.
1986 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 4/4 When he hit the ground he was still attached to the safety harness, and the bungee line was still attached to that.
1991 OnSat 17 Feb. 7/1 Bungie cords can be used as extra tie downs, if needed.
2. Compounds.
bungee jumping n. the action of jumping from a height (as a bridge, precipice, etc.) while secured by an elasticated rope attached to the ankles or to a safety harness; a sport involving this (also as bungee cording, etc.).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [noun] > bungee jumping
bungee jumping1979
1979 Daily Mail 3 Apr. 19/1 Bungy jumping has to be done in special elasticated ropes similar to those used to strap down suitcases on car roof racks.
1987 Independent 24 Jan. 3/1 His only experience of bungee jumping was from a height of 40 feet.
1987 Telegraph (Brisbane) 26 June 11/5 A New Zealander bounced back from a headfirst leap from the Eiffel Tower today... He wanted to bring New Zealand's sport of ‘bungy jumping’ to Paris.
1991 Times 5 Oct. (Weekend section) 4/3 Bungy jumping has its roots on the South Pacific island of Pentecost, where men jump from a wooden tower each April and May, attached only by a vine around the ankle, to encourage the yam harvest. The worldwide bungy cult is worth upwards of £500,000 a year.
bungee jump n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [adjective] > bungee jumping
bungee jump1989
1989 Forbes 30 Oct. 233/3 A. J. Hackett, who operates the two bungy-jump sites around Queenstown, explains the bungy craze this way: ‘It helps one's self-esteem.’
bungee jump v. intransitive.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > parachute and hang-glide [verb (intransitive)] > bungee jump
bungee jump1979
bungee1988
1979 Daily Mail 3 Apr. 19/1 Their leader, 33-year-old David Kirke, said: ‘We want..to get people bungy jumping off bridges and high places all over.’
1992 Texas Monthly Jan. 87/3 James Fedigan of Houston was charged with disorderly conduct for mooning Galveston beach users while bungee jumping from a construction crane platform.
bungee jumper n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > [noun] > bungee jumping > participant
bungee jumper1979
1979 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. b17/2 Five Britons who call themselves the ‘Bungee Jumpers’ leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge today, their falls broken by thick rubber bands that stopped them short of the water.
3. Derivatives
ˈbungee v. transitive and intransitive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > gliding and hang-gliding > [verb (transitive)] > launch glider
bungee1988
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > parachute and hang-glide [verb (intransitive)] > bungee jump
bungee jump1979
bungee1988
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > parachuting and hang-gliding > parachute and hang-glide [verb (transitive)] > bungee jump
bungee1988
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with rope, cord, or line > with specific type
rue-raddy1856
bungee1988
1988 Sailplane & Gliding Oct.–Nov. 241/2 Bungyed from there one could expect five or six seconds in the air.
1989 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman 29 Apr. f1/1 It's a long cord you tie to a fixed point... The other end you tie to your feet and then you jump off. You get bungeed up and down.
1992 Daily Tel. 9 Nov. 19/1 They bungee around the hall on elastic ropes.
1992 Sky Mag. (Delta Airlines) Dec. 79 (advt.) They strapped it on wheels and then bungied accessories to the top of the whole affair.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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