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bung

The correct spelling is bung.

How to pronounce bung

/ˈbʌŋ/
noun

IPA: /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. 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. 2.A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
  3. 3.A bribe.
  4. 4.The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
  5. 5.A sharper or pickpocket.

verb

  1. 1.To plug, as with a bung.
  2. 2.To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck.
  3. 3.To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
  4. 4.To pass a bribe.

adjective

  1. 1.Broken, not in working order.

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