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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bung1 /bʌŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small piece of wood, used as a stopper for an opening of a barrel.
bung3 /bʌŋ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to beat.
- British TermsBrit. Slang. to throw or shove carelessly, quickly, or violently:Just bung it in the machine and see what happens.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bung1 (bung),USA pronunciation n. - a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- a bunghole.
v.t. - to close with or as if with a bung;
cork;
plug (often fol. by up).
- Middle Dutch bonge stopper
- late Middle English bunge 1400–50
- British Termsout of order;
broken;
unusable. - British Termsbankrupt.
- British Terms[Slang.]dead.
- Waga (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Kingaroy, south, southern Queensland) bongī dead
- perh. 1840–50
- to beat;
bruise;
maul (often fol. by up). - British Termsto throw or shove carelessly or violently;
sling.
- origin, originally Scots variant of bang1 1815–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bung /bʌŋ/ n - a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc
- short for bunghole
vb (transitive)- (often followed by up) to close or seal with or as with a bung
- Brit Austral slang to throw; sling
Etymology: 15th Century: from Middle Dutch bonghe, from Late Latin puncta puncture bung /bʌŋ/ Brit slang vb - bung it on ⇒ (transitive) to behave in a pretentious manner
Etymology: 16th Century (originally in the sense: a purse): perhaps from Old English pung, changed over time through the influence of bung1 bung /bʌŋ/ adj Austral NZ informal - useless
- go bung ⇒ to fail or collapse
- to die
Etymology: 19th Century: from a native Australian language |