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bunghole

noun
bung·​hole | \ ˈbəŋ-ˌhōl How to pronounce bunghole (audio) \
plural bungholes

Definition of bunghole

1 : a hole for emptying or filling a cask
2 vulgar slang : anus, asshole

Examples of bunghole in a Sentence

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 Coover snaps on a latex glove and reaches up into literature’s bunghole, as if to turn the whole project inside out. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, "Experiments Succeed — and Fail — Spectacularly in Robert Coover’s Lab," 12 Feb. 2018 Meanwhile, the gasket attached around the bunghole to create a seal that keeps out oxygen (an enemy of fresh beer) also creates the pressure to push beer out of the barrel and into the tap line. — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, "New Beer Tap Turns Barrel-Aged Brews into Nitro Pours," 3 Feb. 2017

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First Known Use of bunghole

circa 1560, in the meaning defined above

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