bung-hole
1bung|hole — «BUHNG HOHL», noun. the hole in the side or end of a barrel, keg, or cask through which it is filled and emptied …
2bung-hole — noun a) A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung. Pop a tap in the barrels bung hole so you can pour us a round of beer, innkeeper! b) The anus. Do you have TP? TP for my bung hole? …
3bung-hole — A bung hole is literally the hole by which one empties a cask, removing the bung, or stopper, to do so. In American slang ‘bunghole’ is the equivalent of ‘asshole’, though it is used far less frequently. ‘Hey, you bung holes, Merry Christmas!’ …
4bung-hole — see spare at the spigot, and let out at the bung hole …
5spare at the spigot, and let out at the bung-hole — The meaning is explained in quot. 1721. The spigot is the peg or pin used to regulate the flow of liquid through the tap on a cask, while the bung hole is the (much larger) opening through which a cask is filled or emptied and which is closed by… …
6bung — 1. noun a) 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. With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled and eventually found someone had… …
7bung — 1. n. & v. n. a stopper for closing a hole in a container, esp. a cask. v.tr. 1 stop with a bung. 2 Brit. sl. throw, toss. Phrases and idioms: bunged up closed, blocked. bung hole a hole for filling or emptying a cask etc. Etymology: MDu. bonghe… …
8Bung (disambiguation) — Bung may refer to: * Bung, an apparatus used to seal a container * Bung (band), a Canadian hard rock band * Bung Bong, Victoria, in Australia * Bung Enterprises, a defunct Hong Kong based manufacturer of video game accessories * Bung language, a… …
9bung — Ⅰ. bung [1] ► NOUN ▪ a stopper for a hole in a container. ► VERB 1) close with a bung. 2) (bung up) block up. ORIGIN Dutch bonghe. Ⅱ …
10bung-vent — bungˈ vent noun A small hole in a bung to let gases escape, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑bung …
