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BUNG : A stopper especially for the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied; The stopper that goes in the “bung hole” in a wine barrel.
used as a verb: To close with or as if with a cork or stopper:
“Hey, Dave! Let’s bung this baby before the Merlot goes South!”
BUNGHOLE: the hole through which a cask, keg, or barrel is filled or emptied.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A bunghole is a hole bored in a liquid-tight barrel. The hole is capped with a large cork-like object called a bung.
Bungholes were first used on wooden barrels, and were typically bored by the purchaser of the barrel using a brace and bit . Bungholes can be bored in either head (end) of a barrel or in one of the staves (side). With the bung removed, a tapered faucet can be attached to aid with dispensing. When barrels full of a commodity were shipped, the recipient would often bore new bungholes of the most suitable size and placement rather than remove the existing bung. Wooden barrels manufactured by specialty firms today usually are bored by the maker with suitable bungholes, since the hobbyists who purchase them for the making of beer, wine and fermented ffoods often do not have a suitable brace and bit.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
Synonym: spile
The verb bung has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation Synonym: tip
Meaning #2: close with a cork or stopper
Meaning #3: Informal. To injure or damage: fell on skis and bunged up my leg.
Unless you’re British! Check this out! Meaning 4:
Chiefly British. To fling; toss: “The Hungarian director bungs star Klaus Maria Brandauer once more into the breaches of past Teuton history” (Nigel Andrews).
So, now your challenge is to use the word BUNG (or variations thereof) at least 3 times today! As both a noun and a verb!
Amaze your friends and family with in-depth vocab skills!
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MORE WINE B’s
BOUQUET: As opposed to aroma (the scent of the grape), bouquet refers to the scent a wine acquires with aging in oak and in the bottle.
BIG: A big wine is a large-framed, full-bodied wine with an intense and concentrated feel on the palate. Most red Rhône wines are big wines.
BRAWNY: A hefty, muscular, full-bodied wine with plenty of weight and flavor, although not always the most elegant or refined sort of wine.
BREATHING : when you first open some wines (reds in particular) you leave them open at room temperature for a half hour or so (some say longer) and let the air mix with the wine to enhance flavor and aromas.
BALANCE: One of the most desired traits in a wine is good balance, where the concentration of fruit, level of tannins, and acidity are in total harmony. Balanced wines are symmetrical and tend to age gracefully. Wine has several elements that go into its make up – fruit, sugar, acidity, tannins, alcohol and oak aging. When a wine is balanced none of these elements overshadows or drowns out another.
BODY: Body is the weight and fullness of a wine that can be sensed as it crosses the palate. Full-bodied wines tend to have a lot of alcohol, concentration, and glycerin.
BRILLIANT: Brilliant relates to the color of the wine. A brilliant wine is one that s clear, with no haze or cloudiness to the color.
BRAWNY: A hefty, muscular, full-bodied wine with plenty of weight and flavor, although not always the most elegant or refined sort of wine.
BRIERY: I think of California Zinfandel when the term briery comes into play, denoting that the wine is aggressive and rather spicy.
BACKWARD: An adjective used to describe (1) a young largely unevolved, closed, and undrinkable wine, (2) a wine that is not ready to drink, or (3) a wine that simply refuses to release its charms and personality.
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