BUNG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bung mean? 

• BUNG (noun)
  The noun BUNG has 1 sense:

1. a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

  Familiarity information: BUNG used as a noun is very rare.

• BUNG (verb)
  The verb BUNG has 2 senses:

1. give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

2. close with a cork or stopper

  Familiarity information: BUNG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUNG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bung; spile

Hypernyms ("bung" is a kind of...):

plug; stopper; stopple (blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly)

Holonyms ("bung" is a part of...):

barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)

Derivation:

bung (close with a cork or stopper)

• BUNG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bung    ... he / she / it bungs   
Past simple: bunged   
Past participle: bunged   
-ing form: bunging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bung; fee; tip

Context example:

fee the steward

Hypernyms (to "bung" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Close with a cork or stopper

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bung" is one way to...):

close; shut (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bung (a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask)

 Context examples 

And as the carter went on with the other two horses, she again crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked out the bung of the second cask, so that all the wine ran out.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

But the sparrow crept under the tilt of the cart, and pecked at the bung of one of the casks till she loosened it; and then all the wine ran out, without the carter seeing it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)