bung

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

Singular
bung

Plural
bungs

bung (plural bungs)

  1. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, a hole in a vessel etc.
  2. A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
  3. (slang) A bribe.
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to bung

Third person singular
bungs

Simple past
bunged

Past participle
bunged

Present participle
bunging

to bung (third-person singular simple present bungs, present participle bunging, simple past and past participle bunged)

  1. (transitive) To plug, as with a bung.
  2. To heave, toss, throw, chuck.
  3. To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
  4. To pass a bribe.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From the Australian aboriginal language Yagara / Jagara / Yuggera bang “dead”.

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bung (no comparative or superlative)

  1. (Australian slang) broken, not in working order
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[edit] References

  • bung” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Australian National Dictionary, 1988
  • Macquarie Dictionary, Second edition, 1991
  • Macquarie Slang Dictionary, Revised edition, 2000

[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

bung

  1. A father figure, figurative father.
    Bung Karno - Father Sukarno

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Verb

bung, trans. bungim

  1. To gather, meet
    Long ples bodi bilong daiman i stap, ol taragau i save kam bung.
    Where the dead body is, the hawks come to gather. Matthew 24:28