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bungs

noun

Meaning

  1. A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
  2. A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
  3. A bribe.
  4. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
  5. A sharper or pickpocket.
  6. To plug, as with a bung.
  7. To put or throw somewhere without care; to chuck.
  8. To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.
  9. To pass a bribe.
  10. (thieves' cant) A purse.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data