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bung / bəng/ • n. a stopper for closing a hole in a container.• v. [tr.] close with a stopper: the casks are bunged before delivery. ∎ (bung something up) block (something), typically by overfilling it: you let vegetable peelings bung up the sink. ∎ ruin something.
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