Bunk - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|bʌŋk|
Brit.
|bʌŋk|
noun
- a long trough for feeding cattle
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers (syn: berth)
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) (syn: buncombe, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot)
- a message that seems to convey no meaning (syn: hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense)
- beds built one above the other
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers (syn: berth)
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) (syn: buncombe, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot)
- a message that seems to convey no meaning (syn: hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense)
- beds built one above the other
verb
- avoid paying (syn: beat)
- provide with a bunk
- provide with a bunk
We bunked the children upstairs
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (syn: break away, escape, lam, run, run away, scat)Extra examples
We'll bunk here for the night.
She was able to bunk with friends.
Two of the boys bunked down together.
More than half the class bunked off last week when there was a test.
A chap called Bates got bunked for stealing.
What a load of bunk!
You can bunk down on the sofa for tonight.
Would you bunk the children down for me?
It's all bunk what they're saying to you, about honour and patriotism and glory.
We bunked the children upstairs
He hiked himself onto the top bunk.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: bunk
he/she/it: bunks
present participle: bunking
past tense: bunked
past participle: bunked
I/you/we/they: bunk
he/she/it: bunks
present participle: bunking
past tense: bunked
past participle: bunked
noun
singular: bunk
plural: bunks
singular: bunk
plural: bunks
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