What is "bung" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bung mean in English? Meaning of bung definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bung" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bung": a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

Noun

  • Meaning: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
  • Synonyms: bung spile
  • Hypernyms: plug stopper stopple
  • Meaning of "bung": give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

    Verb

  • Meaning: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
  • Example: Remember to tip the waiter fee the steward
  • Synonyms: bung fee tip
  • Hypernyms: gift give present
  • Meaning of "bung": close with a cork or stopper

    Verb

  • Meaning: close with a cork or stopper
  • Synonyms: bung
  • Hypernyms: close shut
  • Adjective: 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. 1996, Dudley Pope, Life in Nelson's Navy With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled — and eventually found someone had forgotten to put the bung in. 2008, Christine Carroll, The Senator's Daughter Andre pulled the bung from the top of a barrel, applied a glass tube with a suction device, and withdrew a pale, almost greenish liquid.1996, Dudley Pope, Life in Nelson's Navy With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled — and eventually found someone had forgotten to put the bung in.2008, Christine Carroll, The Senator's Daughter Andre pulled the bung from the top of a barrel, applied a glass tube with a suction device, and withdrew a pale, almost greenish liquid.A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.(slang) A bribe. 2006 December 21, Leader, “Poorly tackled”, the Guardian: It is almost a year since Luton Town's manager, Mike Newell, decided that whistle-blowing was no longer the preserve of referees and went public about illegal bungs.2006 December 21, Leader, “Poorly tackled”, the Guardian: It is almost a year since Luton Town's manager, Mike Newell, decided that whistle-blowing was no longer the preserve of referees and went public about illegal bungs.The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.(obsolete, slang) A sharper or pickpocket. Shakespeare You filthy bung, away.Shakespeare You filthy bung, away.
  • Synonyms:

    drop, lob, impel, shed, shy, sling, fling, fire, toss, pitch, boot, chuck, drive, project, launch, hurl, thrust, peg, heave, blockade, lid, stopper, tap, occlusion, cap, stop, cork, obstruction, fastener, bolt, latch, padlock, tampon, stopple, occludent, lob, fire, heave, sling, fling, propel, launch, toss, chunk, gun, send, chuck, project, cast, pitch, peg, let fly, fire, shoot, bombard, lance, sling, propel, fling, toss, hurl, eject, drive, dispatch, project, cast, barrage, catapult, pitch, discharge, heave, throw, send forth, set afloat, set in motion, lob, sling, fling, fire, toss, launch, chuck, gun, cast, unseat, peg, heave, wedge, spigot, occlusion, connection, cork, filling, river, fitting, tampon, stopple, clog, fill, pack, seal, obstruct, stopper, secure, congest, cover, ram, stop, choke, cork, stuff, block, occlude, close, stopple, drive in, lob, fling, dangle, hoist, hurl, heave, catapult, shoot, suspend, raise, weight, launch, fire, toss, swing, chuck, send, cast, pitch, peg, lob, twirl, sling, propel, fling, fire, chunk, hurl, chuck, flip, project, cast, pitch, launch, peg, heave, wing, lid, wad, cork, fill, stopple,

    Antonyms:

    dissuade, repress, keep, stop, catch, gather, receive, take, introduction, key, beginning, opening, start, hold, keep, receive, cease, hold, keep, catch, receive, end, finish, stop, destroy, raze, keep, mouth, opening, release, unblock, conceal, hide, withhold, open, help, let go, begin, continue, start, allow, uncork, unplug, unstopper, destroy, raze, finish, stop, keep, receive,

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