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bunk

(bʌŋk)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, plural bunks, present participle bunking, past tense, past participle bunked
1. countable noun
A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
He left his bunk and went up on deck again.
Synonyms: berth, bed, cot [nautical], hammock More Synonyms of bunk
2. uncountable noun
If you describe something as bunk, you think that it is foolish or untrue.
[informal, disapproval]
Even those who think psychoanalysis is bunk might find that lying on a couch beinglistened to is worthwhile.
3. 
See do a bunk
Phrasal verbs:
See bunk off
More Synonyms of bunk

bunk in British English 1

(bʌŋk)
noun
1. 
a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall
2.  short for bunk bed
3.  informal
any place where one sleeps
verb
4. (intransitive; often foll by down)
to prepare to sleep
he bunked down on the floor
5. (intransitive)
to occupy a bunk or bed
6. (transitive)
to provide with a bunk or bed
Word origin
C19: probably short for bunker

bunk in British English 2

(bʌŋk)
noun
informal short for bunkum (sense 1)

bunk in British English 3

(bʌŋk) British slang
noun
1. 
a hurried departure, usually under suspicious circumstances (esp in the phrase do a bunk)
verb
2. (intr; usually foll by off)
to play truant from (school, work, etc)
Word origin
C19: perhaps from bunk1 (in the sense: to occupy a bunk, hence a hurried departure, as on a ship)

bunk in American English 1

(bʌŋk)
US
noun
Slang
bunkum

bunk in American English 2

(bʌŋk)
noun
1. 
a shelflike bed or berth built into or against a wall, as in a ship
2.  Informal
any sleeping place; esp., a narrow cot
verb intransitive US
3. 
to sleep in a bunk
4.  Informal
to use a makeshift sleeping place
verb transitive US
5. 
to provide a sleeping place for
Word origin
prob. < Scand cognate of UNRESOLVED CROSS REF

bunk in American English 3

(bʌŋk)
British, Slang
verb intransitive
1. 
to leave in haste; flee
noun
2. 
a hasty departure, as to evade detection
chiefly in the phrase do a bunk

Examples of 'bunk' in a sentence
bunk

In another case, a hotel guest was freed from the top of bunk beds.
The Sun (2016)
The cheapest rooms have a bunk bed and shared bathroom, but also air conditioning, and you get to use the impressive gym and pool facilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We allow them to bunk off school and bring in sick notes.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They shared a top tier of bunks in a corner of a freight train.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There were two bunks with purple blankets and crisp white sheets.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She has seen bunk beds being moved in and the bags of rubbish outside multiply.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
As darkness closed in we settled down once more into our narrow bunks.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
The other youngster was on the top bunk.
The Sun (2009)
In the guest room are two bunk beds.
The Sun (2012)
Five bedrooms include an en suite bunk room with two sets of bunk beds.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She lies and bunks off school.
The Sun (2009)
He was on the top bunk.
Christianity Today (2000)
When you first go on ship you are in bunk beds, like here.
The Sun (2014)
All tents have a master bedroom, bunk room and flushing loo.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He just sits in the corner of his cell staring at the four walls or lying on the bottom bunk for hours on end.
The Sun (2013)
Now he is painting from his bottom bunk at an Athens shelter for the homeless after his business collapsed because of the economic crisis.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I took the bottom bunk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They play cards, smoke in the freezing gaps between carriages, leaf through magazines and snooze on narrow bunks.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A covered walkway leads through to two double rooms, one of them with an extra single bunk bed and en suite shower room.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

Word lists with
bunk

bed

In other languages
bunk

British English: bunk /bʌŋk/ NOUN
A bunk is a bed fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan.
He left his bunk and went up on deck again.
  • American English: bunk
  • Arabic: سَرير مُبَيَّت
  • Brazilian Portuguese: beliche
  • Chinese: 铺位
  • Croatian: ležaj
  • Czech: lůžko
  • Danish: køje
  • Dutch: kooi schip
  • European Spanish: litera
  • Finnish: makuulavitsa
  • French: couchette
  • German: Schlafkoje
  • Greek: κουκέτα
  • Italian: cuccetta
  • Japanese: 作り付け寝台
  • Korean: 침대
  • Norwegian: køye
  • Polish: koja
  • European Portuguese: beliche
  • Romanian: cușetă
  • Russian: койка a bed
  • Latin American Spanish: litera
  • Swedish: koj
  • Thai: ที่นอนในเรือ
  • Turkish: ranza
  • Ukrainian: койка
  • Vietnamese: giường ngủ trên tàu

All related terms of 'bunk'

bunk-up
→ to give someone a bunk-up
bunk bed
Bunk beds are two beds fixed one above the other in a frame .
bunk beds
a pair of beds constructed one above the other
bunk off
If you bunk off from school or work, you leave without permission and do something else.
do a bunk
If you do a bunk , you suddenly leave a place without telling anyone.
Māori bunk
a raised sleeping platform
to give someone a bunk-up
to give someone a competitive advantage in order to help them get on better than they would otherwise have done

Chinese translation of 'bunk'

bunk

(bʌŋk)

n (c)

  1. (= bed) 铺(鋪)位 (pùwèi) (个(個), gè)
    to do a bunk (Brit, inf) 逃走 (táozǒu)
(noun) 
Definition
a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall, esp. in a caravan or ship
He left his bunk and went up on deck again.
Synonyms
berth
Golding booked a berth on the first boat he could.
bed
She went in to her bedroom and lay down on the bed.
cot (nautical)
hammock
billet
(noun) 
(informal) 
Henry Ford's opinion was that `history is bunk'.
Synonyms
nonsense
Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
rubbish
He's talking rubbish.
shit (taboo, slang)
This is a load of shit.
rot
You do talk rot!
crap (slang)
garbage (informal)
I personally think the story is complete garbage.
trash
Don't read that awful trash.
bullshit (taboo, slang)
balls (taboo, slang)
hot air (informal)
tosh (slang, mainly British)
cobblers (British, taboo, slang)
bilge (informal)
I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines.
twaddle
He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.
tripe (informal)
I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.
guff (slang)
These commercials are all guff.
havers (Scottish)
moonshine
The story is pure moonshine.
malarkey
baloney (informal)
hogwash
That's a load of hogwash.
bizzo (Australian, slang)
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
hokum (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
piffle (informal)
He talks such a load of piffle.
tomfoolery
That sounds like post-modernist toomfoolery.
poppycock (informal)
Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.
balderdash
What a load of balderdash!
bosh (informal)
eyewash (informal)
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang)
Now you're just talking kak.
stuff and nonsense
hooey (slang)
tommyrot
horsefeathers (US, slang)
tarradiddle

idiom

See do a bunk

Additional synonyms

in the sense of balderdash
Definition
stupid or illogical talk
What a load of balderdash!
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rubbish,
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
malarkey,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, taboo, slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of bed
Definition
to place firmly into position
She went in to her bedroom and lay down on the bed.
Synonyms
bedstead,
couch,
berth,
cot,
the sack (informal),
bunk,
the hay (informal),
pallet,
divan
in the sense of bilge
Definition
nonsense
I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines.
Synonyms
trash,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
garbage (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
trivia,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
moonshine,
hogwash (informal),
bunkum or buncombe

Nearby words of
bunk

  • bungle
  • bungler
  • bungling
  • bunk
  • buoy
  • buoy someone up
  • buoyancy

Related terms of
bunk

  • do a bunk

Synonyms of 'bunk'

bunk

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