bung(n = noun.artifact) spile - a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask;
is a kind of plug, stopper, stopple
is a part of barrel, cask
Derived form verb bung₂

1.  bung(v = verb.possession) fee, tip - give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"
is one way to gift, give, present
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something

2.  bung(v = verb.contact) - close with a cork or stopper;
is one way to close, shut
Derived form noun bung₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask. [1913 Webster]

2.  The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole. [1913 Webster]

3.  A sharper or pickpocket. [1913 Webster]
"You filthy bung, away." [1913 Webster]

   To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up. [1913 Webster]
"He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years." [1913 Webster]

bung, n. & v.
--n. a stopper for closing a hole in a container, esp. a cask.
--v.tr.
1 stop with a bung.
2 Brit. sl. throw, toss.

Idiom:
bunged up closed, blocked. bung-hole a hole for filling or emptying a cask etc.

bung, adj. Austral. & NZ sl. dead; ruined, useless.

Idiom:
go bung
1 die.
2 fail; go bankrupt.

Etymology:
Aboriginal

N  stopper, stopple, plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap, rammer, ram, ramrod, piston, stop-gap, wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil, pledget, tompion, tourniquet, cover, valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve, janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary.