bunger
[ buhng-er ]
/ ˈbʌŋ ər /
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noun Australian.
a firecracker.
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Definition for bunger (2 of 2)
Origin of bung
21840–50; perhaps < Waga (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Kingaroy, S Queensland) bongī dead
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Examples from the Web for bunger
He was a remarkably powerful man, and was known by the name of Old Bunger.
Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould"No, he's not such a bunger," and dashed off towards the paddock.
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British Dictionary definitions for bunger (1 of 4)
bunger
/ (ˈbʌŋə) /
noun
Australian slang a firework
British Dictionary definitions for bunger (2 of 4)
bung
1/ (bʌŋ) /
noun
a stopper, esp of cork or rubber, for a cask, piece of laboratory glassware, etc
short for bunghole
verb (tr)
(often foll by up) to close or seal with or as with a bungthe car's exhaust was bunged up with mud
British and Australian slang to throw; sling
Word Origin for bung
C15: from Middle Dutch bonghe, from Late Latin puncta puncture
British Dictionary definitions for bunger (3 of 4)
bung
2/ (bʌŋ) British slang /
noun
a gratuity; tip
a bribe
verb
bung it on (tr) to behave in a pretentious manner
Word Origin for bung
C16 (originally in the sense: a purse): perhaps from Old English pung, changed over time through the influence of bung 1
British Dictionary definitions for bunger (4 of 4)
bung
3/ (bʌŋ) /
adjective Australian and NZ informal
useless
go bung
- to fail or collapse
- to die
Word Origin for bung
C19: from a native Australian language
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Word Origin and History for bunger
bung
mid-15c., "large stopper for a cask," from Middle Dutch bonge "stopper;" or perhaps from French bonde "bung, bunghole" (15c.), which may be of Germanic origin (or the Germanic words may be borrowed from Romanic), or it may be from Gaulish *bunda (cf. Old Irish bonn, Gaelic bonn, Welsh bon "base, sole of the foot"). It is possible that either or both of these sources is ultimately from Latin puncta in the sense of "hole." Transferred to the cask-mouth itself (also bung-hole) from 1570s.
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