Part 868

You filthy bung, away. Shak.

Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bunged (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging (&?;).] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up.

To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action.

He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).

Bun"ga*low (&?;), n. [Bengalee bngl] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [India]

||Bun"ga*rum (&?;), n. [Bungar, the native name.] (Zoöl.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.

Bung"hole` (&?;), n. See Bung, n., 2. Shak.

Bun"gle (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling (&?;).] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

Bun"gle, v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.

I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.

Bun"gle (&?;), n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.

Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.

Bun"gler (&?;), n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.

If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.

Bun"gling (&?;), a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.

They make but bungling work. Dryden.

Bun"gling*ly, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.

Bun"go (&?;), n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett.

Bun"ion (&?;), n. (Med.) Same as Bunyon.

Bunk (&?;), n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf. Bunch.] 1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]

2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.

3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]

Bunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunked (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bunking.] To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

Bun"ker (&?;), n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.]

1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.

Bun"ko (&?;), n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also bunco.]

Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]