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Definition of 'bunk'Etymology 1
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English , origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian.
Confer Old Swedish .
See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.
Noun
( en-noun)
One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.
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|title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
|chapter=6 citation
|passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
(nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
(military) A cot.
(US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
(US|dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
Derived terms
* bunk bed, bunkbed
* bunkmate
Verb
( en-verb)
To occupy a bunk.
To provide a bunk.
Etymology 2
Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from . See (m) for more.
Noun
(-)
(slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* debunk
Etymology 3
19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.
Verb
( en-verb)
(British) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
(obsolete) To expel from a school.
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