bung
A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing…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.
» Bung it in the washing machine.
Tu's in die Waschmaschine.
Meaning
7 sensesA 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.
Stöpsel, Korken
пробкаprobka
The cecum or anus, especially of livestock but sometimes (slang) of humans.
(slang)A bribe.
The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
(obsolete, slang)A sharper or pickpocket.
(UK, obsolete, slang)The landlord of a public house.
(UK, obsolete)A purse.
- a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
Examples
4 sentencesBung it in the washing machine.
deTu's in die Waschmaschine.
Bung it in the wash.
deTu's in die Waschmaschine.
Bung it in the bin.
deHau’s in den Müll!
They're laughing at what Bung said.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, whicFrom 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”).
From bouget (“wallet, purse or bag”), from Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”), from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ-os (“skin bag, bolster”), from *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
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Forms
plural: bungsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask:spile