bunk

bunk ¹

 (bŭngk)

n.

1. A narrow bed built like a shelf into or against a wall.

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

 (bŭngk)

n.

Empty talk; nonsense.

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[Short for bunkum.]

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bunk

(bʌŋk)

n

1. a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall

2. (Furniture) short for bunk bed

3. informal any place where one sleeps

vb

4. (often foll by: down) to prepare to sleep: he bunked down on the floor.

5. (intr) to occupy a bunk or bed

6. (tr) to provide with a bunk or bed

[C19: probably short for bunker]

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bunk

(bʌŋk)

n

informal short for bunkum¹

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bunk

(bʌŋk)

n

a hurried departure, usually under suspicious circumstances (esp in the phrase do a bunk)

vb

(intr; usually foll by off) to play truant from (school, work, etc)

[C19: perhaps from bunk¹ (in the sense: to occupy a bunk, hence a hurried departure, as on a ship)]

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bunk¹

(bʌŋk)
n.

1. a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.

2. Informal. any bed.

3. a bunkhouse.

v.i.

4. to occupy a bunk or bed.

v.t.

5. to provide with a place to sleep.

[1750–60; back formation from bunker]

bunk²

(bʌŋk)

n. Informal.

humbug; nonsense.

[1895–1900, Amer.; short for bunkum]

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bunk

Past participle: bunked
Gerund: bunking

Imperative

bunk

bunk

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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 Irish bull, crap, 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 berth, bed, cot (Nautical), hammock, billet He left his bunk and went up on deck again.

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bunk

² 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) His live-in lover has done a bunk because he won't marry her.

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bunk

³ bunkum

noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), balls (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), havers (Scot.), moonshine, baloney (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), tomfoolery, poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African taboo slang), stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), tarradiddle Henry Ford's opinion that 'history is bunk'

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bunk ¹

verb

To provide with often temporary lodging:

accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room.

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bunk ²

noun

Slang. Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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Translations

سَريرُ في سَفينَةٍ أو قِطارسَرير مُبَيَّت

lůžko

køje

KojeSchlafkoje

κουκέτα

litera

makuulavitsa

couchette

ležaj

hálóhely

koja

cuccettatagliare la corda

作り付け寝台

침대

koja

kooi

køye

koja

beliche

койка

ležišče

koj

ที่นอนในเรือ

ranzakamara yatağı

giường ngủ trên tàu

睡铺铺位

bunk

¹ [bʌŋk]

A. N (Naut) → litera f, camastro m (Rail) (child's) → litera f (= bed) → cama f

B. CPD bunk bed N → litera f

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bunk

² [bʌŋk] (Brit)

A. N to do a bunk = B

B. VI → largarse, escaquearse (Sp)

bunk off (Brit)

A. VI + ADV (from school, work) → escaquearse (Sp)

B. VI + PREP to bunk off school → hacer novillos or rabona

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bunk

³ [bʌŋk] N (= nonsense) → bobadas fpl
bunk! → ¡bobadas!
history is bunk → la historia son bobadas

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bunk

[ˈbʌŋk] n

(= bed) → couchette f

(British) to do a bunk (= escape) → mettre les bouts, mettre les voiles

bunk off

vi (British) (= skive off) → sécher (les cours)
I bunked off yesterday afternoon → Hier après-midi j'ai séché les cours.
I'll bunk off at 3 o'clock this afternoon
BUT Je vais mettre les bouts or les voiles à 3 heures cet après-midi.

vt
to bunk off school → faire l'école buissonnièrebunk beds npl → lits mpl superposés

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bunk

:

bunkhouse

n → Schlafbaracke f

bunkmate

n (inf) → Bettnachbar(in) m(f) (im Etagenbett)

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bunk

¹

n to do a bunk (Brit inf) → türmen (inf)

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bunk

²

n (inf) → Quatsch m (inf)

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bunk

³

n (in ship) → Koje f; (in train, dormitory) → Bett nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bunk

¹ [bʌŋk] n (Naut, Rail) → cuccetta

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bunk

² [bʌŋk] n (Brit) (fam) to do a bunk → tagliare la corda

bunk off vt & vi (Brit) (fam) to bunk off (school) → marinare la scuola

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bunk

(baŋk) noun

a sleeping-berth in a ship's cabin. kajuitbed, slaapbank سَريرُ في سَفينَةٍ أو قِطار легло в каюта beliche lůžko die Koje køje κουκέταlitera koi تختخواب کشتی laveri couchette מִיטַת קוֹמָתַיִים शायिका postelja hálóhely (hajón) dipan, bangku tidur koja cuccetta 簡易寝台 배의 침상 gultas koja tempat tidur kooikøyekoja د خوب تخت د کښتی په کابین کی 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

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

bunk

→ سَرير مُبَيَّت lůžko køje Schlafkoje κουκέτα litera makuulavitsa couchette ležaj cuccetta 作り付け寝台 침대 kooi køye koja beliche койка koj ที่นอนในเรือ ranza giường ngủ trên tàu 铺位

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