bung
bung
Definition
bung (buŋ)
noun
- a cork or other stopper for the hole in a barrel, cask, or keg
- a bunghole
Etymology: ME bunge < MDu bonge
transitive verb
- to close (a bunghole) with a stopper
- to close as with a bung; stop up
Etymology: prob. infl. by bang
Slang to bruise or damage, as in a fight: with up- Brit., Slang to toss; fling; throw
bung
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- remove: Remove the bungs from the bottom to let air in.
- take: Had someone in Labor Party Wales taken a bung from Plaid?
- use: The French used wooden bungs wrapped in hemp to stopper their wines.
- have: At the moment I have no bungs in the tanks, but I will add these to ea.. .
- insert: Holding the measuring cylinder over a tray or beaker, lightly insert the rubber bung.
- offer: Luton Manager, Mike Newell was scheduled to repeat his allegations of agents offering bungs to Premiership managers.
Adjective modifier
- alleged: Lord Stevens will lead the Premier League's inquiry into alleged transfer bungs.
Modifies a noun
- culture: Luton boss Mike Newell is optimistic action will be taken about his allegations of a bung culture in English football.
- allegation: Mike Newell meets with FA officials to discuss his bung allegations.
Modifying Another Word
- simply: Many new wetlands have recently been re-created mainly by simply bunging up the drainage dikes or occasionally scraping areas.
- just: Just bung in a couple of blogger tags, hit save, then publish.
- then: You then bung the whole lot on the computer for posterity.
- so: So bung a pic of you too along with it... .
- not: This seems to be running on both forums, so why not bung it in here as well.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- up: Every new term without fail I feel bunged up with rubbish germs.
- out: The suggestion made by the FT editorial to bung out that which doesn't further business ends isn't naive.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: Bung up the side hole with pieces of sponge.
Noun used with modifier
