1. cork or rubber stoppers used to seal the holes in barrels or casks

1. closes or seals with a bung; throws or puts something somewhere carelessly
Usage: informal

Examples

• The winemaker carefully removed the bungs from the oak barrels.
• New rubber bungs were needed to properly seal the whiskey casks.
• He bungs up the hole with a cork stopper.
• She bungs the papers into the filing cabinet.
• The brewery ordered wooden bungs for their beer barrels.
• Just bung those boxes in the storage room for now.
• The bungs had swollen from moisture and were difficult to remove.