bung
English
/ˈbʌŋ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- A cecum or anus, especially of a slaughter animal.
- (slang) A bribe.
- The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
- (obsolete) A sharper or pickpocket.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish bonge derived from French bonde derived from Latin punctus (pierced, striped, pricked, punctured, stippled, marked with points).
Origin
Latin
punctus
Gloss
pierced, striped, pricked, punctured, stippled, marked with points
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bunghole English
- bungstarter English
- hole English
- starter English
- unbung English
- *punctiāre Latin
- albipunctus Latin
- puncta Latin
- puncticollis Latin
- punctifrons Latin
- punctipennis Latin
- punctorium Latin
- punctuare Latin
- punctus Latin
- punctuāre Latin
- bonge Dutch, Flemish
- bonde French
- bonder French
- bondon French
- débonder French
- point Old French
- bont Middle Dutch
- bunt Middle High German
- Punkt Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ponchar Occitan
- *bunda Gaulish