Bunk–noun
1.a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
2. Informal . any bed.
3. a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp; bunkhouse.
4. a trough for feeding cattle.
–verb (used without object)
5.Informal . to occupy a bunk or any sleeping quarters: Joe and Bill bunked together at camp.
–verb (used with object)
6. to provide with a place to sleep.
Origin:
1750–60; back formation from bunker
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bunk 2 /bʌŋk/ Show Spelled[buhngk] Show IPA
–noun Informal .
humbug; nonsense.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism ; short for bunkum
—Synonyms
baloney, rot, hogwash, applesauce, bull, hooey.
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bunk 3 /bʌŋk/ Show Spelled[buhngk] Show IPA
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
to bump.
Origin:
perh. expressive alter. of bump
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Do a bunk, to leave hastily, esp. under suspicious circumstances; run away.
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