bung1
n.
a stopper for a hole in a container.
v.
close with a bung.
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(bung something up)
block something up.
Etymology
ME: from MDu. bonghe (n.).
bung2
v.
put or throw (something) somewhere carelessly or casually.
n.
a bribe.
Etymology
C19: symbolic; the noun sense dates from the 1950s.
bung3
adj.
Austral./NZ informal - ruined or useless.
- dated dead.
Phrase
- go bung
fail completely or die.
Etymology
C19 (orig. Austral. pidgin): from Yagara (an extinct Aborig. lang.).
