bunk.
One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
Meaning & usage
One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk.
A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
A cot.
A bed in a prison, worksite or similar location.
A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
Don’t leave your bunk unlocked.
Where this word comes from
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), the origin of which is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian (North Germanic); compare Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). Possibly related to bunch.
To occupy a bunk.
Due to bed shortages, Jeff and Paul had to bunk together.
To provide a bunk.
Where this word comes from
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), the origin of which is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian (North Germanic); compare Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). Possibly related to bunch.
Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
What she said about me was total bunk. Don't believe a word.
In early use often in the form the bunk.
A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more.
Defective, broken, not functioning properly.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more.
To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually 'to bunk off').
The naughty boys decided to bunk school and visit the comic shop.
To expel from a school.
To depart; scram.
Where this word comes from
19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.
A hasty departure.
Where this word comes from
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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