1
: the stopper especially in the bunghole of a cask
also
: bunghole sense 1
2
: the cecum or anus especially of a slaughtered animal
bunged; bunging; bungs
Examples of bung in a Sentence
Noun
thousands of pounds in illegal bungs
Verb
we had bunged up the moving van so much that we couldn't have possibly squeezed in one more thing
Recent Examples on the Web
Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
This is Boris Johnson, who in 2014, when mayor of London, took a bung (as football coaches would say) of £160,000 from Lubov Chernukhin, whom one scarcely needs to label, so that Mrs. Chernukhin could play a game of tennis with the mayor.
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2022
Lemish, like Kramer, is a diva, always ready to pull the bung from his emotions.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
Two grandkids were up by the windshield, crammed in front of blue drums of gas, with gas pooled around the bungs and more tanks in the stern leaking gas.
—Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2019
Indiana State Fair food Here are 22 new food items coming to the fair:
American Hero – A soft bung hosting a meat trio of Virginia ham, salami and pepperoni.
—Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2019
Johnson had removed the drum’s bung, which is like a cap, and car wash polish erupted on the left side of his face, according to the incident report.
—Rick Barrett, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017
Prosecutors allege that Mazzacurati presided over a consortium where the original aim of saving Venice seems to have been forgotten amid bungs to political parties and cronies.
—Manfred Manera, Newsweek, 18 July 2014
Another side effect, beer farts, might earn you an offer for a bung — the large cork that seals a cask’s bunghole to allow beer to ferment properly.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013
Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
—WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada’s tar sands are bunged-up with protests against new pipelines.
—The Economist, 27 Feb. 2020
Stuff that today’s parents would get all bunged up about – no bike helmets, no seat belts, roaming free all day through wood and dale with only a dime for emergency calls – were just part of regular ol’ parenting.
—Jill Hamilton, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2017
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Noun
Most winemakers use silicone bungs on their barrels, which form a good seal on them, but are easy to remove so that barrels can be refilled to the top to mitigate the headspace and oxygen contact.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 June 2025
This is Boris Johnson, who in 2014, when mayor of London, took a bung (as football coaches would say) of £160,000 from Lubov Chernukhin, whom one scarcely needs to label, so that Mrs. Chernukhin could play a game of tennis with the mayor.
—Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2022
Lemish, like Kramer, is a diva, always ready to pull the bung from his emotions.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2020
Two grandkids were up by the windshield, crammed in front of blue drums of gas, with gas pooled around the bungs and more tanks in the stern leaking gas.
—Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Oct. 2019
Indiana State Fair food Here are 22 new food items coming to the fair:
American Hero – A soft bung hosting a meat trio of Virginia ham, salami and pepperoni.
—Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2019
Johnson had removed the drum’s bung, which is like a cap, and car wash polish erupted on the left side of his face, according to the incident report.
—Rick Barrett, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017
Prosecutors allege that Mazzacurati presided over a consortium where the original aim of saving Venice seems to have been forgotten amid bungs to political parties and cronies.
—Manfred Manera, Newsweek, 18 July 2014
Another side effect, beer farts, might earn you an offer for a bung — the large cork that seals a cask’s bunghole to allow beer to ferment properly.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2013
Verb
To make those numbers add up, and to bung a fiscal hole that could be as much as £50 billion ($66.8 billion), Reeves is faced with three unpalatable options: Break her own rules and rattle markets, or raise taxes and cut spending, likely upsetting both voters and Labour lawmakers.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2025
Two romantic songs are bunged in, perhaps to give Triptii Dimri something to do; otherwise, she is mostly tasked with looking lovely.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
And each subsequent image bunged into the algorithm could be used to lower the overall noise level.
—WIRED, 19 Mar. 2023
Instead of lubricating profits, however, Canada’s tar sands are bunged-up with protests against new pipelines.
—The Economist, 27 Feb. 2020
Stuff that today’s parents would get all bunged up about – no bike helmets, no seat belts, roaming free all day through wood and dale with only a dime for emergency calls – were just part of regular ol’ parenting.
—Jill Hamilton, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2017
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“Bung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bung. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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