bung

Meaning of bung

noun

a stopper for closing a hole in a container.

verb
  1. close with a stopper.
    the casks are bunged before delivery

late Middle English: from Middle Dutch bonghe (noun).

verb
  1. put or throw (something) somewhere in a careless or casual way.
    fill out the reply-paid card and bung it in the post

noun

a bribe.

early 19th century: symbolic; the noun sense dates from the 1950s.

adjective
  1. broken down, ruined, or useless.
  2. dead.

mid 19th century (originally Australian pidgin): from Yagara (an extinct Aboriginal language).

Information about bung

  • The plural form of bung is: bungs.
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Hyphenation of bung

bung

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • bung is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

bung synonyms

Meaning spile:

spile

Meaning tip:

tip, fee

Meaning a plug for sealing a hole, especially in the neck of a bottle or other container:

stopper

Meaning a piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up:

plug

Meaning a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material:

cork

Meaning a small peg or plug, especially for insertion into the vent of a cask:

spigot

Meaning a device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them:

seal

Meaning a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens:

cap

Meaning a lid, cover, or cap:

top

Meaning a removable or hinged cover for the top of a container:

lid

Meaning a thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it:

cover

Meaning a stopper or plug:

stopple

Words that rhyme with bung

Bebung, Lautverschiebung, bebung, geebung, nibung, unbung, waybung

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