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bung

n.
US //ˈbəŋ// UK //bˈʌŋ// bung Archaic Informal Slang
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Medieval Dutch bonge, bonne or bonghe (“stopper”), or perhaps from French bonde, which may itself be either of Germanic origin or from Proto-Celtic *bunda—either way probably from puncta (“hole”), the feminine singular form of Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“pierce into, prick”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yagara bang (“dead”).

Etymology 3

From bouget (“wallet, purse or bag”), from Middle English bogett, bouget, bowgette (“leather pouch”), from Old French bougette, diminutive of bouge (“leather bag, wallet”), from Late Latin bulga (“wallet, purse”), from Gaulish bolgā, from Proto-Celtic bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European bʰólǵʰ-os (“skin bag, bolster”), from *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

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