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bung
(bŭng)n.
1. A stopper, especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.
2. A bunghole.
tr.v. bunged, bung·ing, bungs
1. To close with a cork or stopper.
2. Informal To injure or damage: fell on skis and bunged up my leg.
3. Chiefly British To fling; toss.
[Middle English bunge, from Middle Dutch bonge, from Late Latin pūncta, hole, from Latin, feminine past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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bung
(bʌŋ)n
1. (Chemistry) a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc
2. short for bunghole
vb (tr)
3. (often foll by up) to close or seal with or as with a bung: the car's exhaust was bunged up with mud.
4. slang Brit and Austral to throw; sling
[C15: from Middle Dutch bonghe, from Late Latin puncta puncture]
bung
(bʌŋ)n
1. a gratuity; tip
2. a bribe
vb
bung it on (tr) to behave in a pretentious manner
[C16 (originally in the sense: a purse): perhaps from Old English pung, changed over time through the influence of bung1]
bung
(bʌŋ)adj
1. useless
2. to fail or collapse
3. to die
[C19: from a native Australian language]
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bung
(bʌŋ)n.
1. a stopper for the opening of a cask.
2. a bunghole.
v.t. 3. to close with or as if with a bung; plug (often fol. by up).
[1400–50; late Middle English bunge < Middle Dutch bonge stopper]
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bung
Past participle: bunged
Gerund: bunging
| Imperative |
|---|
| bung |
| bung |
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Bung
The stopper for a Bunghole.
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| Noun | 1. | bung - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask |
| Verb | 1. | bung - give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward" |
| 2. | bung - close with a cork or stopper |
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bung
noun
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Translations
سَدّادَهيَرْمي، يَطْرَحُيَسُدُّ، يُغْلِقُ
házetzátkazátkovat
kastekylepropsmide
kastasponsteppa, stífla
kaištisnumestiužkimštiužkištivolė
aizkorķētaizmestaizspundētpārmestspunde
bung
[bʌŋ]B. VT (Brit)
bung in VT + ADV (= include) → añadir
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bung
[ˈbʌŋ]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bung
(Brit)n
(of cask) → Spund(zapfen) m
(inf: = bribe) → Schmiergeld nt (inf)
vt
cask → spunden, verstopfen
(Brit inf: = throw) → schmeißen (inf)
(inf: = bribe) → schmieren (inf)
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bung
(baŋ) noun the stopper of the hole in a barrel, a small boat etc.
verb1. to block with such a stopper.
2. to throw. Bung it over here.
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