bung
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Definitions & Usage
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.
The cecum or anus, especially of livestock.
(slang) The human anus.
(slang) A bribe.
The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
(obsolete, slang) A sharper or pickpocket.
(UK, slang, obsolete) The landlord of a public house.
(transitive) To plug, as with a bung.
(UK, Australia, transitive, informal) To put, throw, or place something without care; to chuck.
(transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
(transitive) To pass a bribe to (someone).
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, not in working order; damaged; injured.
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A purse.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled — and eventually found someone had forgotten to put the bung in.”
— 1996, Dudley Pope, Life in Nelson's Navy:
“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.”
— 2008, Christine Carroll, The Senator's Daughter:
“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.”
— 2006 December 21, Leader, “Poorly tackled”, in the Guardian: