bung

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bung1

▶noun a stopper for a hole in a container. ▶verb close with a bung.

■ (bung something up) block something up.

– origin ME: from MDu. bonghe (n.).

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bung2 Brit. informal

▶verb put or throw (something) somewhere carelessly or casually. ▶noun a bribe.

– origin C19: symbolic; the noun sense dates from the 1950s.

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bung3

▶adjective Austral./NZ informal

• 1 ruined or useless.

• 2 dated dead.

– phrases
go bung fail completely or die.

– origin C19 (orig. Austral. pidgin): from Yagara (an extinct Aborig. lang.).