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bung

1  [buhng]
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–noun
1. a stopper for the opening of a cask.
2. a bunghole.
–verb (used with object)
3. to close with or as if with a bung; cork; plug (often fol. by up).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME bunge < MD bonge stopper
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bung

2  [buhng]
–adjective Australian.
1. out of order; broken; unusable.
2. bankrupt.
3. Slang. dead.
Origin:
1840–50; perh. < Waga (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Kingaroy, S Queensland) bongī dead

bung

3  [buhng]
–verb (used with object)
1. to beat; bruise; maul (often fol. by up).
2. British Slang. to throw or shove carelessly or violently; sling.
Origin:
1815–25; orig. Scots var. of bang 1
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bung   (bŭng)   
n.  

  1. A stopper especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.

  2. A bunghole.

tr.v.   bunged, bung·ing, bungs

  1. To close with or as if with a cork or stopper.

  2. Informal To injure or damage: fell on skis and bunged up my leg.

  3. Chiefly British To fling; toss: "The Hungarian director bungs star Klaus Maria Brandauer once more into the breaches of past Teuton history" (Nigel Andrews).


[Middle English bunge, from Middle Dutch bonge, from Late Latin pūncta, hole, from Latin, feminine past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

bung 
c.1440, from M.Du. bonge "stopper," or perhaps from Fr. bonde, which may be of Gmc. origin, or from Gaul. bunda (cf. O.Ir. bonn, Gael. bonn, Welsh bon "base, sole of the foot"). It is possible that either or both of these sources is ult. from L. puncta in the sense of "hole."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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