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bung

(bŭng)

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)

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)

1. a gratuity; tip

2. a bribe

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]

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

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Bung

The stopper for a Bunghole.

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Noun	1.	bung - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask spile 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" fee, tip 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"

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.

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Translations

سَدّادَهيَرْمي، يَطْرَحُيَسُدُّ، يُغْلِقُ

házetzátkazátkovat

kastekylepropsmide

Spundzapfen werfen

boucher

kastasponsteppa, stífla

buttare via tappare tappo

kaištisnumestiužkimštiužkištivolė

aizkorķētaizmestaizspundētpārmestspunde

sette tapp i en tønne spuns spunse et fat tapp

atmak fırlatmak tapa tıkamak toplamak

塞子扔用塞子塞住

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bung

(Brit)

(of cask) → Spund(zapfen) m

(inf: = bribe) → Schmiergeld nt (inf)

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

bung

(baŋ) noun

the stopper of the hole in a barrel, a small boat etc.

verb

1. to block with such a stopper.

2. to throw. Bung it over here.

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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.

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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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* Another reason for leaks is that bungs are sometimes installed too tightly.

Do you have a bum bung?

Redknapp was said to have told police "I don't fiddle" as he and co-defendant Milan Mandaric gave contradicting explanations for the pounds 189,000 "bung".

Redknapp 'threat to sue' over bung claim

'NO BUNG' Harry Redknapp arrives at Southwark Crown Court

There ain't nothing crooked in it ... Redknapp denies cash was a "bung"

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