bung

Meanings

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. The cecum or anus, especially of livestock.
3. The human anus.
4. A bribe.
5. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
6. A sharper or pickpocket.
7. The landlord of a public house.

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

1. Broken, not in working order; damaged; injured.

1. A purse.

Etymology

From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”).

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