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bung

 
Dictionary: bung   (bŭng) pronunciation
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.]


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A plug that's used for sealing a wine barrel. It's inserted into the bung hole, through which wine can be added or withdrawn.

WordNet: bung
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
  Synonym: spile


The verb bung has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation
  Synonym: tip

Meaning #2: close with a cork or stopper


Wikipedia: Bung
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A jug with a cork bung.

A bung is an apparatus used to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal. The lids for safety overpacks for 55 gallon drums sometimes may have a bung built in[1] for access of the contents of the container. These may be referred to as fuel bungs.

The most common every-day example of a bung is the stopper of a wine bottle. Other bungs, particularly those used in chemical barrels, may be made of metal and are screwed into place via threading.

Rubber bungs

In chemistry, bungs are usually made of hardened rubber. Some chemistry bungs may also include one or more holes so a glass tube or laboratory funnel may be inserted through the bung and into the container or another piece of apparatus. The rubber bung may be used to seal a flask because the user may require the contents to be mixed via shaking the flask or may require that the contents be kept inside the flask and prevented from leaking out. In all cases, the bung keeps the experimentation environment completely sealed so that liquids or gases cannot escape.

Apart from self-made glassware, rubber bungs are rarely used now. They have been supplanted by laboratory glassware which come with standard ground glass joints which allow the pieces to be fitted together easily. Ground glass joints are also much more resistant to solvents and chemicals used.

Plastic bungs are commonly used to stop the air leaking from the lower parts of an air-bed. This type of bung is commonly made in two parts; the plastic outer screw on cap and the inner rubber bung used to seal the hole.

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Translations: Bung
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - spuns, tap
v. tr. - spunse

2.
adj. - fallit, ruineret

3.
n. - bestikkelse, bestikkelsespenge

4.
v. tr. - sende, smække

Nederlands (Dutch)
stop, spon, waardeloos, smijten, dichtstoppen, over de kop gaan

Français (French)
1.
n. - bondon, bonde
v. tr. - boucher (un orifice), (GB) envoyer, balancer (fam)

2.
adj. - inutile

3.
n. - pot-de-vin

4.
v. tr. - mettre qch (quelque part) négligemment, jeter violemment

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Spund
v. - verstopfen, werfen

2.
adj. - tot, nutzlos

3.
n. - Bestechung

4.
v. - etw. zufällig irgendwo stellen oder legen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βούλωμα, φελλός
v. - βουλώνω, ταπώνω, ρίχνω, χώνω
adj. - ψόφιος, κατεστραμμένος, άχρηστος

Italiano (Italian)
tappo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tampão (m), rolha (f) de plástico, madeira ou cortiça
v. - tampar, arrolhar, atirar com força, entupir
adj. - entupido

Русский (Russian)
затычка, втулка, затыкать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - tapón
v. tr. - taponar

2.
adj. - inútil

3.
n. - coima

4.
v. tr. - colocar algo casualmente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - propp, tapp
v. - slänga, täppa igen
adj. - propp-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 塞子, 塞, 堵, 塞住

2. 塞子的

3. 桶孔

4. 弄伤, 攻击, 丢

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 塞子
v. tr. - 塞, 堵, 塞住

2.
n. - 桶孔

3.
v. tr. - 弄傷, 攻擊, 丟

4.
adj. - 塞子的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 마개, 거짓말
v. tr. - 마개를 하다, 때려 눕히다, 던지다

2.
adj. - 죽은, 파산한, 망가진

3.
n. - 뇌물

4.
v. tr. - 우연히 ~에 가다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 栓, たるの口
v. - 栓をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سدادة, فلينه (فعل) سد أو غلق البرميل بفلينه, رمى بلا هدف (صفه) ميت, مدمر, بالي, لا يمكن استخدامه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגופה, פקק, תחת‬
v. tr. - ‮השליך, זרק, דחף, סתם במגופה‬
adj. - ‮חסר-שימוש (מדוברת, אוסטרליה)‬
n. - ‮שוחד‬
v. tr. - ‮שם באקראי במקום כלשהו‬


 
 

 

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