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Rarebung
The correct spelling is bung.
How to pronounce bung
/ˈbʌŋ/
nounIPA: /ˈbʌŋ/
Say it like: Bun-g
The correct spelling is bung. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
- 2.A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
- 3.A bribe.
- 4.The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
- 5.A sharper or pickpocket.
verb
- 1.To plug, as with a bung.
- 2.To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck.
- 3.To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
- 4.To pass a bribe.
adjective
- 1.Broken, not in working order.
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