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bunk
1[buhngk]
noun
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
Informal.any bed.
a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp; bunkhouse.
a trough for feeding cattle.
verb (used without object)
Informal.to occupy a bunk or any sleeping quarters.
Joe and Bill bunked together at camp.
verb (used with object)
to provide with a place to sleep.
bunk
3[buhngk]
verb (used with or without object)
Chiefly New York City.to bump.
bunk
4[buhngk]
verb (used with object)
to absent oneself from (school, work, etc.).
to bunk a history class.
verb (used without object)
to run off or away; flee.
When they heard the distant police sirens, they dropped the bag of jewelry and silver and bunked.
bunk
1/ ʌŋ /
noun
a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall
short for bunk bed
informalany place where one sleeps
verb
to prepare to sleep
he bunked down on the floor
(intr) to occupy a bunk or bed
(tr) to provide with a bunk or bed
bunk
2/ ʌŋ /
noun
a hurried departure, usually under suspicious circumstances (esp in the phrase do a bunk )
verb
(usually foll by off) to play truant from (school, work, etc)
bunk
3/ ʌŋ /
noun
informalshort for bunkum
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bunk1
Origin of bunk2
Idioms and Phrases
do a bunk, to leave hastily, especially under suspicious circumstances; run away.
Example Sentences
Unnamed White House advisers who spoke with the Guardian said they raised the issue with aides close to Vice President JD Vance, only to find that the wiretap story was bunk.
The issues included pupils bunking off lessons, being aggressive and fighting due to social media spats.
Eventually he was admitted to the "normal" prison where inmates had to bunk together in crowded cells and where the lights were never turned off.
The dorm rooms are lined with lockers and bunk beds, which workers decorate with colorful blankets.
Lam was 37 years old and he, his wife, three sons and three daughters bunked in barracks on the base.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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