Bung /(bŭng)/
Bung
n.
- The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
- The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
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A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. & Low]
You filthy bung, away.
Bung
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Bunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging
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To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up.
He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years.
Phrases & Compounds
- To bung up
- to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action.