Bung

Quick meaning: Bung is a noun meaning The cecum or anus, especially of livestock.

Meaning

The cecum or anus, especially of livestock.

More Meanings

1. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) The landlord of a public house.
3. (transitive) To plug, as with a bung.
4. 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.
5. (slang) The human anus.
6. (slang) A bribe.
7. (obsolete, slang) A sharper or pickpocket.

Example Sentences

You filthy bung, away.

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.

Word Forms

• bungs
• bunging
• bunged

Synonyms for bung

Depending on context, synonyms include tip, spile.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tip, spile, starter, stopper, bong, bonge.

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