BUNG

Bung

A bung or stopper is a truncated cylindrical or conical closure to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid, which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal.

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bung

Noun

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

Verb

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

Adjective

  1. Broken, not in working order.


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