bung

Other forms of bung

plural

bungs·

past tense

bunged·

present participle

bunging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bung

What does bung mean?

bung means "give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bung?

bung has 1 syllable: bung. In IPA it is /ˈbʌŋ/.

What is another word for bung?

Close synonyms include tip, fee, spile. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bung a common word?

bung is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.