1. a cork or stopper for a hole in a cask or barrel

1. to close with a bung or stopper
2. to throw or put carelessly
Usage: informal; British

Examples

• The wine barrel’s bung had come loose.
• He removed the bung to sample the whiskey.
• Make sure to bung the cask tightly.
• She bunged the cork back into the bottle.
• Just bung those papers on my desk.
• He bunged his coat in the closet.
• The cooper fitted a new bung into the barrel.