bung-hole en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl/ (US)
Etymology
From bung + hole.
Meanings
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A hole in a vessel, such as a cask, that may be stopped with a bung.
Cæsar's dust - or is it Alexander's? - may stop a bunghole, but the functions of these dead Cæsars of the past was to light up a savage fetish dance.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:Pop a tap in the barrel's bung-hole so you can pour us a round of beer, innkeeper!
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(slang, vulgar) The anus.
So leave me... You never do have much margin there, but see if you can’t leave me about an inch from where the zipper [belches] ends around under my—back to my bung-hole.
1964 August 9, 4:06 from the start, in Telephone conversation # 4851, sound recording, LBJ and JOE HAGGAR, 8/9/1964, 1:17PM, spoken by Lyndon B. Johnson, LBJ Presidential Library:
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(derogatory, slang, vulgar) A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person.
I need TP for my bung-hole.
1994, “The Great Cornholio” (4:31 from the start), in Beavis and Butt-Head, season 4, episode 31, spoken by Beavis (Mike Judge):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bung-holes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bunghole | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
fi tyhjennysaukko (hole in a vessel, such as a cask) · de Spundloch (hole in a vessel, such as a cask) · pl otwór (hole in a vessel, such as a cask) · fr trou de balle (the anus) · fi tapinreikä (hole in a vessel, such as a cask) · fr coupe-cigare (the anus) · ru а́нус (the anus) · ru очко́ (the anus) · fi tulpan aukko (hole in a vessel, such as a cask) · fr œil de bronze (the anus) · fr boîte à caca (the anus)