Bunk (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
  2. any bed.
  3. a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp; bunkhouse.
  4. a trough for feeding cattle.
verb (used without object)
  1. to occupy a bunk or any sleeping quarters: Joe and Bill bunked together at camp.
verb (used with object)
  1. to provide with a place to sleep.
noun Informal.
  1. humbug; nonsense.
verb (used with or without object)
  1. to bump.
verb (used with object)
  1. to absent oneself from (school, work, etc.): to bunk a history class.
verb (used without object)
  1. to run off or away; flee: When they heard the distant police sirens, they dropped the bag of jewelry and silver and bunked.
Idioms
  1. to leave hastily, especially under suspicious circumstances; run away.
noun
  1. a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall
  2. short for bunk bed
  3. any place where one sleeps
verb
  1. to prepare to sleep
  2. to occupy a bunk or bed
  3. to provide with a bunk or bed
noun
  1. informal short for bunkum (def. 1)
noun
  1. a hurried departure, usually under suspicious circumstances (esp in the phrase do a bunk)
verb
  1. to play truant from (school, work, etc)
Bunk (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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