| Tun 1. (n.) A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. 2. (n.) A fermenting vat. 3. (n.) A certain measure for liquids, as for wine, equal to two pipes, four hogsheads, or 252 gallons. In different countries, the tun differs in quantity. 4. (n.) A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton. 5. (n.) An indefinite large quantity. 6. (n.) A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt. 7. (n.) Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called also tun-shell. 8. (v. i.) To put into tuns, or casks. Thesaurus Entries abundance, acres, bag, bags, ball the jack, barb, barbule, barrels, basket, beeline, bole, boom, bottle, bowl along, box, box up, breeze, breeze along, brush, burden, bushel, butt, can, capsule, carton, case, cask, cilium, clip, column, copiousness, countlessness, crate, cut along, cylinder, cylindroid, drum, encase, encyst, filament, filamentule, fill, fleet, flit, flood, fly, fly low, foot, freight, go fast, great deal, hamper, hasten, heap, heap up, highball, hogshead, hustle, jar, keg, lade, lashings, load, lot, lump, make knots, mass, mess, mountain, much, multitude, nip, numerousness, ocean, oceans, outstrip the wind, pack, pack away, package, parcel, peck, pile, pillar, pipe, plenitude, plenty, pocket, pot, pour it on, power, profusion, quantities, quantity, quill, rip, rocket, roll, roller, rouleau, run, rush, sack, scorch, sea, shaft, ship, sight, sizzle, skim, smoke, spate, speed, stack, store, storm along, stow, superabundance, superfluity, sweep, tank, tear, tear along, thunder along, tin, tons, trunk, tube, tun, volume, whisk, whiz, world, worlds, zing, zip, zoom |