bung

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.
3. (slang) The human anus.
4. (slang) A bribe.
5. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
6. (obsolete, slang) A sharper or pickpocket.
7. (UK, obsolete, slang) The landlord of a public house.

Verb

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

Adj

Broken, not in working order; damaged; injured.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌŋ/

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”).

Synonyms

plug

stopper

spigot

stopple

innkeeper

cork

spile

cork up

cap

bribe

tavern-keeper

fee

choke up

throw

clog

tip

lug

obstruct

occlude

screen

stanch

staunch

stem

stopgap

stoppage

stop up

stuff

tampion

tampon

belt up

horse mackerel

yakka

yellowtail

drainplug

cowanyoung

stop

🛑

yellowtail horse mackerel

bar

block

blockade

block off

block up

bunghole

calk

caulk

clogging

dead

💀

halt

jam

land up

Translations

πώμα

βούλωμα

tapón

schmeißen

τάπα

tappo

απάτη

Stöpsel

werfen

βουλώνω

Spund

bonda

πετάω

ψέμα

χώνω