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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
Present
I bung
you bung
he/she/it bungs
we bung
you bung
they bung
Preterite
I bunged
you bunged
he/she/it bunged
we bunged
you bunged
they bunged
Present Continuous
I am bunging
you are bunging
he/she/it is bunging
we are bunging
you are bunging
they are bunging
Present Perfect
I have bunged
you have bunged
he/she/it has bunged
we have bunged
you have bunged
they have bunged
Past Continuous
I was bunging
you were bunging
he/she/it was bunging
we were bunging
you were bunging
they were bunging
Past Perfect
I had bunged
you had bunged
he/she/it had bunged
we had bunged
you had bunged
they had bunged
Future
I will bung
you will bung
he/she/it will bung
we will bung
you will bung
they will bung
Future Perfect
I will have bunged
you will have bunged
he/she/it will have bunged
we will have bunged
you will have bunged
they will have bunged
Future Continuous
I will be bunging
you will be bunging
he/she/it will be bunging
we will be bunging
you will be bunging
they will be bunging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bunging
you have been bunging
he/she/it has been bunging
we have been bunging
you have been bunging
they have been bunging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bunging
you will have been bunging
he/she/it will have been bunging
we will have been bunging
you will have been bunging
they will have been bunging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bunging
you had been bunging
he/she/it had been bunging
we had been bunging
you had been bunging
they had been bunging
Conditional
I would bung
you would bung
he/she/it would bung
we would bung
you would bung
they would bung
Past Conditional
I would have bunged
you would have bunged
he/she/it would have bunged
we would have bunged
you would have bunged
they would have bunged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Bung

The stopper for a Bunghole.
1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn’t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. bung - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
barrel, cask - a cylindrical container that holds liquids
plug, stopple, stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
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"
gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
2. bung - close with a cork or stopper
close, shut - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
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bung

noun
1. stopper, top, cap, seal, cork, plug, spigot, stopple Pump the air out, then remove the bung.
2. place, put, stick (informal), position, lay, shove, lob (informal) Wrap it in a plastic bag and bung it in the freezer.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
سَدّادَهيَرْمي، يَطْرَحُيَسُدُّ، يُغْلِقُ
házetzátkazátkovat
kastekylepropsmide
kastasponsteppa, stífla
kaištisnumestiužkimštiužkištivolė
aizkorķētaizmestaizspundētpārmestspunde

bung

[bʌŋ]
A. N
1. [of cask] → tapón m
2. (Brit) (= bribe) → soborno m
B. VT (Brit)
1. (also bung up) [+ pipe, hole] → tapar, taponar
to be bunged up [sink, pipe] → estar atascado, estar obstruido
my nose is bunged up → tengo la nariz tapada
2. (= throw) → echar ; (= put) → poner, meter
bung it over → échalo para acá
bung in VT + ADV (= include) → añadir
bung out VT + ADV → tirar, botar
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bung

[ˈbʌŋ]
n (= stopper) → bonde f, bouchon m
vt (British)
(= throw) → balancer
(= put) → mettre
bung up
vt (British)
(= block) [+ pipe, hole] → boucher
to get bunged up [+ pipe, sink] → se boucher
my nose is bunged up → j'ai le nez bouché
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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

[bʌŋ]
1. n → tappo, turacciolo
2. vt (Brit) (fam) (throw) → buttare
bung up vt + adv (pipe, hole) → tappare, otturare
my nose is bunged up (fam) → ho il naso otturato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bung

(baŋ) noun
the stopper of the hole in a barrel, a small boat etc. prop سَدّادَه запушалка tampão zátka der Spundzapfen prop τάπα tapón prunt سوراخ گیر؛ توپی tulppa bonde פקק डॉट čep dugó sumbat spons tappo 栓 (통의) 마개 kaištis, volė tapa; spunde penyumbat stop tapp, spuns szpunt د سوریو نیونکی tampão cep затычка zátka zamašek čep propp, tapp จุกหรือที่อุด tapa 塞子 пробка, затичка ڈاٹ ، گٹا ، روک nút thùng 塞子
verb
1. to block with such a stopper. toestop, toekurk يَسُدُّ، يُغْلِقُ запушвам arrolhar (za)zátkovat verspunden sætte prop i βουλώνω με τάπα taponar prundiga sulgema مسدود کردن؛ کیپ کردن tulpata boucher לִפְקוֹק डॉट लगाना začepiti bedugaszol menyumbat teppa, stífla tappare 栓をする 꼭 막다 užkimšti, užkišti aizspundēt; aizkorķēt menyumbat afstoppen spunse et fat, sette tapp i en tønne szpuntować, korkować بندول، مسدودول arrolhar a pune cep затыкать (za)zátkovať zamašiti zapušiti sätta tappen i, proppa igen อุด toplamak, tıkamak 用(塞子)塞住 затикати ڈاٹ لگانا đậy nút (thùng) 用(塞子)塞住
2. to throw. Bung it over here. ingooi, uitgooi يَرْمي، يَطْرَحُ хвърлям atirar (na)házet werfen smide; kyle; kaste ρίχνω tirar viskama انداختن heittää envoyer לִזְרוֹק फेंकना bacati kamenje dob melemparkan kasta lanciare ほうり投げる 던지다 (nu)mesti aizmest; pārmest membaling gooien kaste, slå cisnąć اچول atirar швырять hodiť vreči baciti kasta, slänga ขว้าง fırlatmak, atmak 扔 кидати پھینکنا ném 扔
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But the sparrow crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked at the bung of one of the casks till she loosened it; and than all the wine ran out, without the carter seeing it.
And as the carter went on with the other two horses, she again crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked out the bung of the second cask, so that all the wine ran out.
de Chagny put his two hands together underneath it and, with a last effort, I burst the bung.
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Because those whalemen did not then, and do not now, try out their oil at sea as the Southern ships have always done; but cutting up the fresh blubber in small bits, thrust it through the bung holes of large casks, and carry it home in that manner; the shortness of the season in those Icy Seas, and the sudden and violent storms to which they are exposed, forbidding any other course.
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They lef' Boston Harbour for the great Grand Bank wid a roarin' nor'wester behind 'em an' all hands full to the bung. An' the hivens looked after thim, for divil a watch did they set, an' divil a rope did they lay hand to, till they'd seen the bottom av a fifteen-gallon cask o' bug-juice.
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When he, too, had been of the elect, through whom the country is governed--when he had had a bung in the campaign barrel for his own!
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Let him talk right along, fearlessly; let him pour his indifferent German forth, and when he lacks for a word, let him heave a SCHLAG into the vacuum; all the chances are that it fits it like a plug, but if it doesn't let him promptly heave a ZUG after it; the two together can hardly fail to bung the hole; but if, by a miracle, they SHOULD fail, let him simply say ALSO!
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Answer me this: Hast thou ever fibbed a chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?"[4]
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At the far end the old woman found the ancient stables, and here with decaying planks she penned the horse for the night, pouring a measure of oats upon the floor for him from a bag which had bung across his rump.
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The prosecution's application to transfer the corruption cases of Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Datin Seri Zizie Izette from the Sessions Court to the High Court will be heard on August 9.
MACC seeks to try Bung Moktar, Zizie jointly at High Court
The Gelora Bung Karno Stadium right in the middle of the business district here has not been kind to Filipino football teams over the past two decades.
Ceres slays Bung Karno demons
The bung is a patient approach, a team of slender Fario buzzers and a bloodworm tied on Fluorocarbon under a hi-vis indicator.
Trout-standing; RECORD ANGLING