bung
Plural: bungs
Noun
- a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
- 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.
- The human anus.
- A bribe.
- The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bung-hole.
- A sharper or pickpocket.
- The landlord of a public house.
- A purse.
Verb
Verb Forms: bunged, bunging, bungs
- To plug or stop up a hole with a cork or stopper.
- give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on
- close with a cork or stopper
- To plug, as with a bung.
- To put, throw, or place something without care; to chuck.
- To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
- To pass a bribe to (someone).
Adj
- Broken, not in working order; damaged; injured.
Examples
- He tried to BUNG up the opponent’s access to the triple word score.
Origin / Etymology
From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”).
Scrabble Score: 7
bung: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbung: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bung: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
bung: valid Words With Friends Word