bung

Meaning

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

Verb

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

Adj

Broken, not in working order.

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

lid

lifeless

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”).