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How to use bung in a sentence. the stopper especially in the bunghole of a cask; also : bunghole; the cecum or anus especially of a slaughtered animal… See the full definition
BUNG definition: 1. a round piece of rubber, wood, etc. that is used to close the hole in a container 2. a payment…. Learn more.
BUNG meaning: 1. a round piece of rubber, wood, etc. that is used to close the hole in a container 2. a payment…. Learn more.
A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask. 2. verb. If you bung something somewhere, you put it there in a quick and careless way. [British, informal] Pour a whole lot of cold water over the rice, and bung it in the oven.
n. 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.
OED's earliest evidence for bung is from 1825, in a dictionary by John Jamieson, antiquary and philologist. bung is an imitative or expressive formation. See etymology
Bung definition: a stopper for the opening of a cask.. See examples of BUNG used in a sentence.
A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'bung' American English: bʌŋ British English: bʌŋ. More. Conjugations of 'bung' present simple: I bung, you bung [...] past simple: I bunged, you bunged [...] past participle: bunged. More.
bung typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. bung is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
Definition of bung noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
