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bung
1[ buhng ]
bung
3[ buhng ]
verb (used with object)
- to beat; bruise; maul (often followed by up ).
- British Slang. to throw or shove carelessly or violently; sling.
bung
1/ bʌŋ /
noun
- a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc
- short for bunghole
verb
- often foll by up to close or seal with or as with a bung
the car's exhaust was bunged up with mud
- slang.to throw; sling
bung
2/ bʌŋ /
adjective
- useless
- go bung
- to fail or collapse
- to die
bung
3/ bʌŋ /
noun
- a gratuity; tip
- a bribe
verb
- bung it ontr to behave in a pretentious manner
Word History and Origins
Origin of bung1
Origin of bung2
Word History and Origins
Origin of bung1
Origin of bung2
Origin of bung3
Example Sentences
Cleaning the winery, the team has located a mix of “completely smashed barrels, open bung barrels, and intact barrels.”
This boast does not arouse Alfred's envy as he has friends in Brownsville who can drink out of the bung hole of a barrel.
So Uncle John put the great stoppers that they call bungs into the bung-holes in the kegs, so that the cider would not run out.
It is like milk in a pan, with no more motion now than there is in a full hogshead before the bung is started.
Den de bung-shells 'gun ter bus'; en I ax myse'f w'at dey shootin' at me fer, en I ain't never fin' out w'at make dey do it.
In the middle of the cellar lay a big barrel with an open bung-hole, but bound fast round with three iron hoops.
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