bunghole

[ buhng-hohl ]

noun

1. a hole in a cask through which it is filled.

bunghole

/ ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl /

noun

1. a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunghole¹

First recorded in 1565–75; bung ¹ + hole

Example Sentences

And you don’t have to be a bunghole to say that to people.

From Washington Post

Coover snaps on a latex glove and reaches up into literature’s bunghole, as if to turn the whole project inside out.

From New York Times

I grabbed my dad’s tools and crawled up its bunghole for about three months.

From Wall Street Journal

He knew that corpses are insensate matter, nothing more; loam, as Hamlet said later, with which to stop a bunghole.

From Economist

You put that little pump lying by the side into the bunghole.

From Project Gutenberg