bung

verb

/bʌŋ/

(British English, informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bung	/bʌŋ/ /bʌŋ/
he / she / it bungs	/bʌŋz/ /bʌŋz/
past simple bunged	/bʌŋd/ /bʌŋd/
past participle bunged	/bʌŋd/ /bʌŋd/
-ing form bunging	/ˈbʌŋɪŋ/ /ˈbʌŋɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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bung something + adv./prep. to put or throw something somewhere, carelessly and quickly扔；丢
- Bung this in the bin, can you?你可以把它扔进垃圾箱里吗？
Word Originverb early 19th cent.: symbolic; the noun sense dates from the 1950s.

bung

noun

/bʌŋ/

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a round piece of wood, rubber, etc. used for closing the hole in a container such as a barrel or jar（桶、罐、广口瓶的）塞子，盖子
(British English, informal) an amount of money that is given to somebody to persuade them to do something illegal贿款；贿金；贿赂

Word Originnoun sense 1 late Middle English: from Middle Dutch bonghe (noun). noun sense 2 early 19th cent.: symbolic; the noun sense dates from the 1950s.