bung
noun
- a cork or other stopper for the hole in a barrel, cask, or keg
- a bunghole
transitive verb
- to close (a bunghole) with a stopper
- to close as with a bung; stop up
- Slang to bruise or damage, as in a fight: with up
- Brit., Slang to toss; fling; throw
See bung in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bŭng)
noun- A stopper especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.
- A bunghole.
transitive verb bunged,
bung·ing,
bungs - To close with or as if with a cork or stopper.
- Informal To injure or damage: fell on skis and bunged up my leg.
- Chiefly British To fling; toss: “The Hungarian director bungs star Klaus Maria Brandauer once more into the breaches of past Teuton history” (Nigel Andrews).
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