bunk

bunk ¹  (bngk)

n.

1. A narrow bed built like a shelf into or against a wall, as in a ship's cabin.

2. A bunk bed.

3. A place for sleeping.

v. bunked, bunk·ing, bunks

v.intr.

1.

a. To sleep in a bunk or bed.

b. To stay the night; sleep: bunk over at a friend's house.

2. To go to bed: bunked down early.

v.tr.

To provide with sleeping quarters.

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[Perhaps short for bunker.]

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bunk ²  (bngk)

n.

Empty talk; nonsense.

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[Short for bunkum.]

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bunk ¹

Noun

1. a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall, esp. in a caravan or ship

2. same as bunk bed [probably from bunker]

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bunk ²

Noun

Informal same as bunkum

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bunk ³ do a bunk

1. Brit, Austral & NZ slang to make a hurried and secret departure

2. Brit, NZ & S African be absent without permission [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bunk - a long trough for feeding cattle feed bunk manger, trough - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
	2.	bunk - a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers built in bed, berth bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" lower, lower berth - the lower of two berths upper, upper berth - the higher of two berths
	3.	bunk - a rough bed (as at a campsite) bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
	4.	bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) buncombe, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" drivel, garbage - a worthless message
	5.	bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness - a message whose content is at variance with reason amphigory, nonsense verse - nonsensical writing (usually verse) balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle - trivial nonsense buzzword, cant - stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition cobblers - nonsense; "I think that is a load of cobblers" crock - nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock" fa la, fal la - meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong gibber, gibberish - unintelligible talking unintelligibility, incoherence, incoherency - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible jabberwocky - nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll) mummery, flummery - meaningless ceremonies and flattery empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric - loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" rigamarole, rigmarole - a set of confused and meaningless statements schmegegge, shmegegge - (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing
	6.	bunk - beds built one above the other       bunk bed bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
Verb	1.	bunk - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" beat cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	bunk - provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs" bed - furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"
	3.	bunk - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, break away, escape go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" flee, take flight, fly - run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" skedaddle - run away, as if in a panic

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bunk ¹

noun do a bunk Brit. (slang) run away, flee, bolt, clear out (informal) beat it (slang) abscond, decamp, do a runner (slang) run for it (informal) cut and run (informal) scram (informal) fly the coop U.S., Canad. (informal) skedaddle (informal) take a powder U.S., Canad. (slang) take it on the lam U.S., Canad. (slang) do a Skase Austral. (informal)

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bunk ² or bunkum

noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, rot, crap (slang) garbage (informal) trash, hot air (informal) tosh (slang), chiefly Brit. bilge (informal) twaddle, tripe (informal) guff (slang) havers Scot. moonshine, baloney (informal) hogwash, bizzo Austral. (slang) bull's wool Austral., N.Z. (slang) hokum (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. piffle (informal) tomfoolery, poppycock (informal) balderdash, bosh (informal) eyewash (informal) kak S. African (taboo) stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang) tommyrot, horsefeathers U.S. (slang) tarradiddle

Translations

bunk [bʌŋk] n → litera;

bunk beds npl → literas fpl

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bunk [bʌŋk] n → couchette f;

(Brit) (inf);

to do a bunk → mettre les bouts or les voiles

bunk off vi (Brit) (inf) (Scol) → sécher (les cours);

I'll bunk off at 3 o'clock this afternoon → je vais mettre les bouts or les voiles à 3 heures cet après-midi

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bunk [bʌŋk] n → Bett nt, Koje f;

to do a bunk (inf) → abhauen

bunk off (inf) vi → abhauen

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bunk [bʌŋk] n → cuccetta

bunk off vi (BRIT ) (col): to bunk off school → marinare la scuola;

I'll bunk off at 3 this afternoon → oggi me la filo dal lavoro alle 3

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bunk

n bunk [baŋk]

a sleeping-berth in a ship's cabin. kajuitbed, slaapbank سَريرُ في سَفينَةٍ أو قِطار легло в каюта lůžko køje die Koje κουκέτα litera koi تختخواب کشتی makuulava couchette מִיטַת קוֹמָתַיִים शायिका postelja hálóhely (hajón) dipan, bangku tidur koja cuccetta 簡易寝台 침대 gultas koja tempat tidur kooi køye(seng) koja beliche cuşetă койка lôžko ležišče ležaj koj, brits ที่นอนในเรือ ranza, kamara yatağı 睡鋪 койка بحری جہاز کے کیبن میں سونے کی جگہ giường ngủ trên tàu thuỷ 睡铺