bunghole

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bung·hole

(bŭng′hōl′)

1. The hole in a cask, keg, or barrel through which liquid is poured in or drained out.

2. Vulgar Slang The anus.

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bunghole

(ˈbʌŋˌhəʊl)

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

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bung•hole

(ˈbʌŋˌhoʊl)

n.

a hole in a cask through which it is filled.

Bunghole

The hole in the middle (not the top) of a barrel. (See the illustration with the Barrel hoop entry.)

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Noun	1.	bunghole - vulgar slang for anus arsehole, asshole, arse anus - the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	2.	bunghole - a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something

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bunghole

[ˈbʌŋhəʊl] N → piquera f, boca f (de tonel)

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bunghole

n (Brit) → Spundloch nt

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