bunk

bunk

a shelflike bed or berth built into or against a wall, as in a ship
Informal any sleeping place; esp., a narrow cot

Origin of bunk

probably from Scandinavian cognate of bench

to sleep in a bunk
Informal to use a makeshift sleeping place

to provide a sleeping place for

Slang bunkum

to leave in haste; flee

a hasty departure, as to evade detection: chiefly in the phrase do a bunk

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bunk

noun

A narrow bed built like a shelf into or against a wall.
A bunk bed.
A place for sleeping.

verb

bunked, bunk·ing, bunks

verb

intransitive

a. To sleep in a bunk or bed.
b. To stay the night; sleep: bunk over at a friend's house.
To go to bed: bunked down early.

verb

transitive

To provide with sleeping quarters.

Origin of bunk

Perhaps short for bunker

noun

Empty talk; nonsense.

Origin of bunk

Short for bunkum

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Noun

(plural bunks)

One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.
(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.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)

To occupy a bunk.
To provide a bunk.

Origin

Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian. Confer Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.

Noun

(uncountable)

(slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.

Origin

Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)

(UK) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').

Origin

19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.

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