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bung

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋ/

The English word “bung” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. The cecum or anus, especially of livestock but sometimes (slang) of humans.
  3. A bribe.
  4. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
  5. A sharper or pickpocket.
  6. The landlord of a public house.
  7. A purse.

verb

  1. To plug, as with a bung.
  2. To put, throw, or place something without care; to chuck.
  3. To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
  4. To pass a bribe to (someone).

adjective

  1. Broken, not in working order; damaged; injured.

Etymology

From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”).

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