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Synonyms for bung


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : buhng
Phonetic Transcription : bʌŋ

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Définition of bung

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "large stopper for a cask," from Middle Dutch bonge "stopper;" or perhaps from French bonde "bung, bunghole" (15c.), which may be of Germanic origin (or the Germanic words may be borrowed from Romanic), or it may be from Gaulish *bunda (cf. Old Irish bonn, Gaelic bonn, Welsh bon "base, sole of the foot"). It is possible that either or both of these sources is ultimately from Latin puncta in the sense of "hole." Transferred to the cask-mouth itself (also bung-hole) from 1570s.
  • As in plug : noun stopper
  • As in toss : noun throw
  • As in stopper : noun plug
  • As in closure : noun plug, seal
  • As in launch : verb send off
  • As in pitch : verb throw, hurl
  • As in plug : verb stop up
  • As in sling : verb throw or hang over
  • As in cast : verb throw aside
  • As in hurl : verb throw forcefully
Example sentences :
  • Close the bung, and in about six weeks it will be fit for bottle.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • It'll be bung full of women but it won't have a word of slop from beginning to end!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Let it remain in this state till the next day, in order to ascertain whether the cask be quite tight, and then bung it up.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • In two or three days put a bottle of brandy to every four gallons, bung it close, but leave the vent peg out a few days.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • To every gallon put four pounds of good Lisbon sugar, tun it immediately, lay the bung lightly on, and leave it to ferment itself.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • I've lifted a barrel o' whisky and put my mouth to the bung hole.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories » by Various
  • "Oh, I don't think you'd better; it'll bung you all up," cautioned Reynolds.
  • Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
  • You have only just got to fancy that it is a bung, and swipe at it with all your might.
  • Extract from : « Held Fast For England » by G. A. Henty
  • To find the bung, of course; draw it out, and relieve my thirst by a draught of water.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid
  • Even had I succeeded in reaching the bung or vent, how could I have got out the stopper or vent-peg?
  • Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid

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