Meaning of bung | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled — and eventually found someone had forgotten to put the bung in.”

“Andre pulled the bung from the top of a barrel, applied a glass tube with a suction device, and withdrew a pale, almost greenish liquid.”

“It is almost a year since Luton Town's manager, Mike Newell, decided that whistle-blowing was no longer the preserve of referees and went public about illegal bungs.”

“Is this a case of mere ‘bungs’ (a form of bribery) at play in the book trade, a success bought with massive advertising effort and distribution through the author’s drugstore chain?”

“You filthy bung, away.”

“"Well, sir, I haven't got one," said the landlord, "or you should have it directly." […] "Could you oblige me with such a thing as a postage stamp?" "No," said the Bung; "don't keep 'em!"”

“Oft thsi crew of mates met together, and said there was no hope of nipping the boung because he held open his gowne so wide, and walked in such an open place.”

“Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.”

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