I. bung 1 /bʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Middle Dutch ; Origin: bonghe , probably from Late Latin puncta 'hole made in something' , from Latin pungere ; ⇨ ↑ pungent ]
1 . a round piece of rubber, wood etc used to close the top of a container
2 . British English informal money given to someone secretly, and usually illegally, to make them do something SYN bribe
II. bung 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] British English informal
to put something somewhere quickly and carelessly
bung something in/into etc something
Can you bung these clothes in the washing machine?
bung something ↔ up phrasal verb British English
1 . to block something, especially a hole
2 . be bunged up to find it difficult to breathe because you have a cold