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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bunk1 /bʌŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Furniturea bed built into the wall, as on a ship, with one on top of another.
v. - Informal Terms to occupy a bunk or bed:[no object]bunked together in the Navy.
- Informal Terms to provide with a place to sleep:[~ + object][They bunked us in cots.]
bunk2 /bʌŋk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] Informal.- Informal Termsnonsense:[I can't believe your story* it sounds like a lot of bunk.]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bunk1 (bungk),USA pronunciation n. - Furniturea built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- Informal Termsany bed.
- a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp;
bunkhouse. - Animal Husbandrya trough for feeding cattle.
v.i. - Informal Termsto occupy a bunk or any sleeping quarters:Joe and Bill bunked together at camp.
v.t. - to provide with a place to sleep.
- back formation from bunker 1750–60
bunk2 (bungk),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]- Informal Termshumbug;
nonsense.
- short for bunkum 1895–1900, American.
baloney, rot, hogwash, applesauce, bull, hooey. bunk3 (bungk),USA pronunciation v.i., v.t. - to bump.
- perh. expressive alteration of bump
bunk4 (bungk),USA pronunciation [Brit. Slang.]v.t. - British Termsto absent oneself from:to bunk a history class.
v.i. - British Termsto run off or away;
flee. n. - British Terms, Idioms do a bunk, to leave hastily, esp. under suspicious circumstances;
run away.
- perh. special use of bunk1 1865–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bunk /bʌŋk/ n - a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall
- short for bunk bed
- informal any place where one sleeps
vb - (intransitive) often followed by down: to prepare to sleep: he bunked down on the floor
- (intransitive) to occupy a bunk or bed
Etymology: 19th Century: probably short for bunker bunk /bʌŋk/ n - informal
short for bunkum
bunk /bʌŋk/ Brit slang n - a hurried departure, usually under suspicious circumstances (esp in the phrase do a bunk)
vb - (usually followed by off) to play truant from (school, work, etc)
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps from bunk1 (in the sense: to occupy a bunk, hence a hurried departure, as on a ship) |