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- [buhng]
- /bʌŋ/
- /bʌŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhng]
- /bʌŋ/
Definitions of bung word
- countable noun bung A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask. 3
- verb bung If you bung something somewhere, you put it there in a quick and careless way. 3
- adjective bung If something is bunged up, it is blocked. 3
- noun bung a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc 3
- verb bung to close or seal with or as with a bung 3
- noun bung a gratuity; tip 3
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Origin of bung
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English bunge < Middle Dutch bonge stopper
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Parts of speech for Bung
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bung popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
bung usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bung
verb bung
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- lob — Tennis. to hit (a ball) in a high arc to the back of the opponent's court.
- impel — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- shy — bashful; retiring.
noun bung
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- lid — a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- stopper — a person or thing that stops.
- tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- occlusion — the act or state of occluding or the state of being occluded.
Antonyms for bung
verb bung
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
noun bung
- introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- key — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- opening — an open or clear space.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
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