Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The hole in a cask, keg, or barrel through which liquid is poured in or drained out.
- noun Vulgar Slang The anus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hole or orifice in a cask through which it is filled, closed by a bung.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
bung , n., 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
bung-hole .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun vulgar slang for anus
- noun a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it
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Examples
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The true location of Elvis's bunghole is in the front.
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We are deeply indebted to Miss Chuff for her adorable willingness to act as a kind of bunghole into the spirit world, but we don't want her to slip through the hole and evaporate. "
In the Sweet Dry and Dry Christopher Morley 1923
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Watching this is like going home, if your home is a place full of doofy chuckling where people say "bunghole" regularly.
VIDEO: Watch Five Minutes of the Beavis and Butt-Head Relaunch 2011
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Rather than trying to just be another Beavis and Butthead, Daria went in a completely different direction, going with sardonic wit and satire over needing “tee-pee for my bunghole.”
Release Date and Special Features for DARIA: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES – Collider.com 2010
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One barrel had Stavin inserts (long sticks of toasted oak that are inserted into the bunghole to refresh an older barrel).
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We weighed each barrel, wrote a number on its end, stuck a gas-pump-style handle into the bunghole and filled it up.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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By spraying the top of a barrel before we opened the bunghole—where most of the germs were located—we prevented bacteria spreading from one barrel to another.
The Viognier Vendetta Ellen Crosby 2010
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We weighed each barrel, wrote a number on its end, stuck a gas-pump-style handle into the bunghole and filled it up.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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The first point just requires some trust and a GM not being a bunghole, and/or some discussion about how it can be a proactive and not just a reactive role if the players want.
Underserved Gaming Genres 1: Cop Fiction « Geek Related 2008
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We weighed each barrel, wrote a number on its end, stuck a gas-pump-style handle into the bunghole and filled it up.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
brtom commented on the word bunghole
The bungholes sprang open and a huge dull flood leaked out, flowing together, winding through mudflats all over the level land, a lazy pooling swirl of liquor bearing along wideleaved flowers of its froth.
Joyce, Ulysses, 5
December 31, 2006
chained_bear commented on the word bunghole
I can't ever see or hear this word again without thinking of Lyndon Johnson. This ought to explain it.
December 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bunghole
Great. Now I can't ever see or hear this word again without thinking of Lyndon Johnson.
December 24, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bunghole
Did you listen to the recording or read the transcript? The recording is so much funnier (IMHO).
December 24, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bunghole
The recording trumps the transcript by far.
December 24, 2008
carriwitchet commented on the word bunghole
Wow. You just don't see that level of customer service nowadays.
January 23, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word bunghole
Oops. Chained_bear beat me to the LBJ recording by one year! Ah, hecko. LBJ orders some pants.
March 24, 2010
chained_bear commented on the word bunghole
Don't be silly. LBJ orders some pants is a fantastic entry. I didn't want people to miss carriwitchet's comment. ;)
March 24, 2010
bilby commented on the word bunghole
Pants.
Pants pants pants pants, pants.
Pants pants.
March 24, 2010
reesetee commented on the word bunghole
Pants?
March 24, 2010
bilby commented on the word bunghole
P-p-p-pants!
March 24, 2010