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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS

bung

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Adjective, Noun, Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bung has 1 sense

bung(n = noun.artifact) spile - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask; Array

is a part of barrel, cask

is a kind of plug, stopper, stopple

Derived form verb bung₂

Verb bung has 2 senses

bung(v = verb.possession) fee, tip - give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"

is one way to gift, give, present

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something

bung(v = verb.contact) Array - close with a cork or stopper; Array

is one way to

shut

Derived form noun bung₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bung, n. [Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine.].

The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask. [1913 Webster]
The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole. [1913 Webster]
A sharper or pickpocket. [1913 Webster]
"You filthy bung, away." [1913 Webster]

bung, v. t.

To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up. [1913 Webster]

"He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years." [1913 Webster]

To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

bung, n. & v.
--n. a stopper for closing a hole in a container, esp. a cask.
--v.tr.
1 stop with a bung.
2 Brit. sl. throw, toss.

Idiom

bunged up closed, blocked. bung-hole a hole for filling or emptying a cask etc.

bung, adj. Austral. & NZ sl. dead; ruined, useless.

Idiom

go bung
1 die.
2 fail; go bankrupt.

Etymology

Aboriginal

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ROGET THESAURUS

bung

Stopper

N stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.

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