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bung
verb- to throw; to put; to send, especially with use of force UK, 1825
- I can see myself now being bunged off to a twilight home[.] — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- to tip; to pay a financial gratuity UK
- I saw the geezer who presses the suits for the geezers who are going out and I bunged him a quarter of an ounce of snout so that he would do a good job of mine — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 149, 1958
- to bribe someone UK, 1950
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 32, 1996
- to pay protection money to someone in authority UK
A specialisation of the previous sense. - Sergeant Connor. He’s one of them slime-sniffers [the Vice Squad]. Every girl in Bayswater bungs to him if she wants to stay on the game. — Bill Turner, Sex Trap, 1968
- to hit someone UK
- He was getting a bit stroppy so I bunged one him [or I bunged him one on] — Beale, 1984
▶ bung on an act
to give an exaggerated performance; to indulge in histrionics AUSTRALIA- He’s only got one fault; he likes to bung on an act. An’ “e’s bunging” one on now. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), Gone Fishin’, p. 212, 1962
- Come on there, quit bunging on an act. — Geoff Wyatt, Saltwater Saints, p. 71, 1969
- — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 70, 1971
- Good umpires can usually “pick” those players who are playing for an emmy or “bunging on an act.” — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 27, 1986
- — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 59, 2003
▶ bung on side
to behave pretentiously; to give oneself airs and graces AUSTRALIA- Have you ever tried to bung on side with the locals in a country town–I can tell you, from painful experience, that it just doesn’t work. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 133, 1967
- — Alexander Buzo, Norm and Ahmed, p. 14, 1969
▶ bung on the bull
to behave pretentiously AUSTRALIA, 1973
Reported by Alex Buzo, 1973. |