Meaning of "bung" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUNG

From Middle Dutch bonghe, from Late Latin punctapuncture.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BUNG

bung  [bʌŋ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUNG

Bung is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bung in English.

WHAT DOES BUNG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bung

A bung, stopper or cork is a truncated cylindrical or conical closure to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel. Unlike a lid, which encloses a container from the outside without displacing the inner volume, a bung is partially inserted inside the container to act as a seal. A glass stopper is often called a "ground glass joint", a rubber stopper is sometimes called a "rubber bung", and a cork stopper is called simply a "cork". Bung stoppers used for wine bottles are referred to as "corks", even when made from another material. A common every-day example of a bung is the cork of a wine bottle. Bungs are used to seal the bunghole of barrels. Other bungs, particularly those used in chemical barrels, may be made of metal and be screwed into place via threading.

Definition of bung in the English dictionary

The first definition of bung in the dictionary is a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc. Other definition of bung is to close or seal with or as with a bung. Bung is also to throw; sling.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUNG

PRESENT

Present

I bung

you bung

he/she/it bungs

we bung

you bung

they bung

Present continuous

I am bunging

you are bunging

he/she/it is bunging

we are bunging

you are bunging

they are bunging

Present perfect

I have bunged

you have bunged

he/she/it has bunged

we have bunged

you have bunged

they have bunged

Present perfect continuous

I have been bunging

you have been bunging

he/she/it has been bunging

we have been bunging

you have been bunging

they have been bunging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bunged

you bunged

he/she/it bunged

we bunged

you bunged

they bunged

Past continuous

I was bunging

you were bunging

he/she/it was bunging

we were bunging

you were bunging

they were bunging

Past perfect

I had bunged

you had bunged

he/she/it had bunged

we had bunged

you had bunged

they had bunged

Past perfect continuous

I had been bunging

you had been bunging

he/she/it had been bunging

we had been bunging

you had been bunging

they had been bunging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bung

you will bung

he/she/it will bung

we will bung

you will bung

they will bung

Future continuous

I will be bunging

you will be bunging

he/she/it will be bunging

we will be bunging

you will be bunging

they will be bunging

Future perfect

I will have bunged

you will have bunged

he/she/it will have bunged

we will have bunged

you will have bunged

they will have bunged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bunging

you will have been bunging

he/she/it will have been bunging

we will have been bunging

you will have been bunging

they will have been bunging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bung

you would bung

he/she/it would bung

we would bung

you would bung

they would bung

Conditional continuous

I would be bunging

you would be bunging

he/she/it would be bunging

we would be bunging

you would be bunging

they would be bunging

Conditional perfect

I would have bung

you would have bung

he/she/it would have bung

we would have bung

you would have bung

they would have bung

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bunging

you would have been bunging

he/she/it would have been bunging

we would have been bunging

you would have been bunging

they would have been bunging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bung
we let´s bung
you bung

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bung

Past participle

bunged

Present Participle

bunging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BUNG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bung» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of bung

cap · cork · lay · lob · place · plug · position · put · seal · shove · spigot · stick · stopper · stopple · top

TRANSLATION OF BUNG

Find out the translation of bung to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bung from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bung» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 塞
• Translator English - Spanish: tapón
• English: bung
• Translator English - Hindi: डाट
• Translator English - Arabic: كدر
• Translator English - Russian: пробка
• Translator English - Portuguese: bung
• Translator English - Bengali: ছিপি আঁটা
• Translator English - French: bonde
• Translator English - Malay: Bung
• Translator English - German: Spund
• Translator English - Japanese: 栓
• Translator English - Korean: 마개
• Translator English - Javanese: Bung
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bị vở nợ
• Translator English - Tamil: அடைப்பான்
• Translator English - Marathi: बंग
• Translator English - Turkish: tıkamak
• Translator English - Italian: bung
• Translator English - Polish: czop
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пробка
• Translator English - Romanian: cep
• Translator English - Greek: πώμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: prop
• Translator English - Swedish: bung
• Translator English - Norwegian: Bung

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUNG»

Discover the use of bung in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bung and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

My Career Goes Bung

My Career Goes Bung was written in 1900 but was not published until 1946, considered too audacious and perhaps too revealing of its creator's own persona for publication.

Miles Franklin, 2012

Blago bung, blago bung, bosso fataka!: first texts of German ...

The German contribution to the Dada movement, this collection brings together three texts, translated into English for the first time, which were essential for the very inception of the movement and which influenced its future development.

Richard Huelsenbeck, Hugo Ball, Walter Serner, 1995

My Brilliant Career/My Career Goes Bung

Sybylla will do neither, but that doesn't stop her from falling in love, and it doesn't make the choices any easier. Included in this edition is the sequel, My Career Goes Bung, which sees Sybylla amongst the literati in Sydney.

Miles Franklin, 2013

Bung Karno: masalah pertahanan-keamanan

On defense and security in Indonesia; collection of speeches.

Soekarno, Iman Toto K. Rahardjo, Suko Sudarso, 2010

The Train

Some scrupulous people have held it to have a minor signification, and an altered spelling, and they urge that the true meaning of the word is to close, stop, or bung up, in which we will, for the sake of the Count, follow them. As a useful lesson ...

Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities

bung - bus bugne—bugnet—and used it to refer to fritters and small, round loaves. The word bun was first used as a name for a hairstyle in the late nineteenth century. In Scotland, the word bun is not the name of a baked lump of dough but of ...

Mark Morton, 2004

Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Bung — bung — bung — bung — bung ! continuously and relentlessly went the Doctor. Never stopping to breathe, he hammered away until Mrs. Benjamin — whose connubial side he had deserted to woo the morning zephyrs, as he called  ...

Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies

has (bung it !) starched the collar so stiff, that (bung it !) it has cut my ear off." At this point he would turn nearly purple with rage, and go off (bung, bung, bung it !) with so many explosions, that his countess would turn pale with fright, and say I do ...

James Hain Friswell, Alphonse Karr, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, 1858

Harper's Magazine

Bung—bung—bung—bung—bung! continuously and relentlessly went the Doctor. Never stopping to breathe, he hammered away until Mrs. Benjamin— whose connubial side he had deserted to woo the morning zephyrs, as he called that ...

My Brilliant Career: My Career Goes Bung

My brilliant career first published 1901; My career goes bung first published 1946.

Miles Franklin, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUNG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bung is used in the context of the following news items.

Businessman hoping to buy historic Windlestone Hall facing …

What's the odds on a 'bung' coming to light in the next few weeks?? WATCH THIS SPACE!! --This is really Bill Dixon type of management! «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»

State of Origin 2015 Game 3: NSW Blues will crush the Qld curse …

Robbie Farah carried a bung shoulder into the match and played tough in the middle. Farah stood there after the game with his shoulder ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»

200kg of ganja seized in Nakhon Phanom

Speed pills are sent through Loei and Nong Khai provinces while marijuana gets smuggled via Bung Kan and Nakhon Phanom, said Rear ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»

Jimmie Dean "Jim" Young

He was a member of the Bung Ho Fishermans Club, which included many of his fellow high school classmates. Young loved to travel and had ... «The Community News, Jul 15»

Pacific Games i kisim halvim long sexual helt

Margaret Munjin, Manager Marketing na Alliances wantem National Aids Council secretariat itok oli save, ol kaen bung olsem isave mekim ol ... «Radio Australia, Jul 15»

Pacific Forum Bos Dame Meg Taylor itoktok long wok blong Forum

Em i tok ol Forum Komiti bai bung long wik bihain long glasim gut sampela tingting oa sabmisan blong ol pipol long wanem nau ol i lukim ... «Radio Australia, Jul 15»

BN reps will not attend special meeting: Shahrir

In the meantime, the BN Backbenchers Club vice chairman Datuk Bung Moktar Radin put it forthright when contacted by Sin Chew Daily that no ... «Sin Chew Jit Poh, Jul 15»

IORA should boost development of shipbuilding industry: Expert

Besides this, West Sumatra Province has two universities: the University of Andalas and the University of Bung Hatta, which can support the ... «ANTARA, Jul 15»

Will the new England last the Ashes?

Johnson can't "bung them out" in English conditions ! And the superb Ryan Harris is no more there.Great pity. muzika_tchaikovskogo on July 7, ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»

If Greece can afford to reject more Europe, Britain cannot afford not to

... plan from local elites in each member state. The Brussels bung to Athens were not incidental, they were key to expanding the EU empire. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»