bung
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌŋ
[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
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bung (plural bungs)
- 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.
- A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
- (slang) A bribe.
[edit] Translations
cecum or anus of a slaughter animal
bribe — see bribe
[edit] Verb
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to bung (third-person singular simple present bungs, present participle bunging, simple past and past participle bunged)
- (transitive) To plug, as with a bung.
- To heave, toss, throw, chuck.
- To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
- To pass a bribe.
[edit] Derived terms
- bung it on v
- bung on v
[edit] Translations
to batter
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[edit] Etymology 2
From the Australian aboriginal language Yagara / Jagara / Yuggera bang “dead”.
[edit] Adjective
bung (no comparative or superlative)
- (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
- A father figure, figurative father.
- Bung Karno - Father Sukarno
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[edit] Tok Pisin
[edit] Verb
bung, trans. bungim
