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bung

/ˈbʌŋ/

noun

Meaning

  • A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.

  • A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.

  • A bribe.

  • The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

  • A sharper or pickpocket.

verb

Meaning

  • To plug, as with a bung.

  • To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck.

  • To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.

  • To pass a bribe.