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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Bung

/(bŭng)/ · IPA /ˈbʌŋ/
01 n. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
  1. 1.
    The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
  2. 2.
    The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.
  3. 3.
    A sharper or pickpocket.[Obs. & Low]
    “You filthy bung, away.” — Shak.
02 v. t. To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up.
imp. & p. p. Bunged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging
  1. 1.
    To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up.
    “He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years.” — Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).
Phrases & compounds
To bung up — to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action.