bung C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /bʌŋ/ UK /bʌŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a stopper for a cask or hole; to plug or toss carelessly He hammered the bung firmly into the wine barrel. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a stopper for a cask or... stopperplugcorkstopplebashchucktoss ↔ Opposites unplugunstopper Word family Derived forms bungedbunghole Etymology AI details From Middle Dutch bonge or bonne ('stopper'), perhaps ultimately from Latin puncta ('hole pricked'), via the notion of a bunghole. bonge Old French View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # bung **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /bʌŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /bʌŋ/ ## Meanings 1. a stopper for a cask or hole; to plug or toss carelessly ## Examples - He hammered the bung firmly into the wine barrel. ## Synonyms - stopper - plug - cork - stopple - bash - chuck - toss ## Antonyms - unplug - unstopper ## Derived Forms - bunged - bunghole ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bonge ## Etymology From Middle Dutch bonge or bonne ('stopper'), perhaps ultimately from Latin puncta ('hole pricked'), via the notion of a bunghole. ## AI Etymology Bung is from Middle Dutch bonge or bonne ('stopper'), perhaps ultimately from Latin puncta ('hole pricked'), via the notion of a bunghole. In present-day use, it means a stopper for a cask or hole; to plug or toss carelessly. Derived formations include bunged and bunghole. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown