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Meanings of bung in English

Portuguese
rolha
Catalan
tap de suro
Spanish
tapón de corcho
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Conical closure that fits into a container's opening to seal it.

rolha
Portuguese
gratificar
Catalan
gratificar

Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on.

gratificar
Catalan
bonda
Spanish
tapón

A plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask.

bonda

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Usage of bung in English
1
Newly emboldened Scottish Conservatives will question the £1bn bung for Northern Ireland.
The Guardian
2
In two hours the driver and messenger sailed in, bung-eyed with excitement.
The Killer
3
What you lost at the spile, you would gain at the bung.
A Plea for Captain John Brown / Read to the citizens of Concord,...
4
No emergency bung to the NHS can easily rescue it for now.
The Guardian
5
Pull the bung out of the barrel, and let the contents escape?
The Blue Lagoon
6
But isn't the old man likely to suffocate with that bung in?'
In the Roaring Fifties
7
Wouldn't their eyes bung out if I showed 'em their own bones!
The Lady Doc
8
There, still more bats bung and chippered in protest as the intruders passed.
Darkness and Dawn
9
As soon as he went to the front I smelled the keg bung.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
10
A rubber bung on the metal seatfloor had either perished or come adrift.
The Irish Times
11
What am I supposed to do, bung the expense on my Sainsbury's card?'
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
12
Come down and see it before he pulls the bung out.
On the Beach
13
Lay some heavy weight over the bung, and let it stand a day.
The Cyder-Maker's Instructor, Sweet-Maker's Assistant, and Victu...
14
I happened to find the open bung-hole near my eye, and peeped out.
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
15
A moneth after it works no longer, stop up the bung very close.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
16
Yet there is a salve for every sore, a bung for every bunghole.
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
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Translations for bung
Portuguese
rolhagratificar
Bung through the time
Bung across language varieties
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