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bung definition

bung (buŋ)

noun

  1. a cork or other stopper for the hole in a barrel, cask, or keg
  2. a bunghole

Etymology: ME bunge < MDu bonge

transitive verb

  1. to close (a bunghole) with a stopper
  2. to close as with a bung; stop up
  3. Etymology: prob. infl. by bang

    Slang to bruise or damage, as in a fight: with up
  4. Brit., Slang to toss; fling; throw

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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