Bung

[bʌŋ]

Definition

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

(verb.) close with a cork or stopper.

Typed by Keller--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

(n.) The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

(n.) A sharper or pickpocket.

(v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up.

Typed by Katie

Definition

n. the stopper of the hole in a barrel: a large cork: (Shak.) a sharper.—v.t. to stop up with a bung: to thrash severely.—ns. Bung′-hole a hole in a cask through which it is filled closed by a bung; Bung′-vent a small hole in a bung to let gasses escape &c.—Bung up to bruise.

Edited by Jason