English Explanatory Dictionary

bunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
  2. A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
  3. A cot.
  4. A bed in a prison, worksite or similar location.
  5. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
  6. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
  7. A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
verb
  1. To occupy a bunk.
  2. To provide a bunk.
noun
  1. Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
  2. In early use often in the form the bunk.
  3. A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
adj
  1. Defective, broken, not functioning properly.
verb
  1. To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually 'to bunk off').
  2. To expel from a school.
  3. To depart; scram.
noun
  1. A hasty departure.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

bŭngk /bʌŋk/ En-au-bunk.ogg

Word forms

bunk bunks bunking bunked

Etymology

Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian Compare Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). See also boarding, flooring and compare bunch.

Synonyms

hokum

Derived words

bunk bed bunkbed bunkhouse bunkie bunk lizard bunkload bunkmate bunkroom bunkshooter bunkside bunkspace bunk-up do a bunk feed bunk hotbunk I'll be in my bunk petrol bunk bunk down bunk in bunk into bunk together bunk up hot bunk debunk bunker bunk off bunk out
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