bunk

bunk¹

B0551700 (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.

[Perhaps short for bunker.]

bunk²

B0551700 (bŭngk)n. Empty talk; nonsense.

[Short for bunkum.]

bunk

(bʌŋk) n1. a narrow shelflike bed fixed along a wall2. (Furniture) short for bunk bed3. informal any place where one sleepsvb4. (often foll by: down) to prepare to sleep: he bunked down on the floor. 5. (intr) to occupy a bunk or bed6. (tr) to provide with a bunk or bed[C19: probably short for bunker]

bunk

(bʌŋk) ninformal short for bunkum¹

bunk

(bʌŋk) na 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)]

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]

bunk

Past participle: bunked
Gerund: bunking

Imperative
bunk
bunk

Present
I bunk
you bunk
he/she/it bunks
we bunk
you bunk
they bunk

Preterite
I bunked
you bunked
he/she/it bunked
we bunked
you bunked
they bunked

Present Continuous
I am bunking
you are bunking
he/she/it is bunking
we are bunking
you are bunking
they are bunking

Present Perfect
I have bunked
you have bunked
he/she/it has bunked
we have bunked
you have bunked
they have bunked

Past Continuous
I was bunking
you were bunking
he/she/it was bunking
we were bunking
you were bunking
they were bunking

Past Perfect
I had bunked
you had bunked
he/she/it had bunked
we had bunked
you had bunked
they had bunked

Future
I will bunk
you will bunk
he/she/it will bunk
we will bunk
you will bunk
they will bunk

Future Perfect
I will have bunked
you will have bunked
he/she/it will have bunked
we will have bunked
you will have bunked
they will have bunked

Future Continuous
I will be bunking
you will be bunking
he/she/it will be bunking
we will be bunking
you will be bunking
they will be bunking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bunking
you have been bunking
he/she/it has been bunking
we have been bunking
you have been bunking
they have been bunking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bunking
you will have been bunking
he/she/it will have been bunking
we will have been bunking
you will have been bunking
they will have been bunking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bunking
you had been bunking
he/she/it had been bunking
we had been bunking
you had been bunking
they had been bunking

Conditional
I would bunk
you would bunk
he/she/it would bunk
we would bunk
you would bunk
they would bunk

Past Conditional
I would have bunked
you would have bunked
he/she/it would have bunked
we would have bunked
you would have bunked
they would have bunked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bunk - a long trough for feeding cattlefeed bunkmanger, 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 tiersbuilt in bed, berthbed - 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 berthsupper, 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, rotdogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, bullshit, crap, shit, 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 meaninghokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicalitysubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is aboutabsurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness - a message whose content is at variance with reasonamphigory, nonsense verse - nonsensical writing (usually verse)balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle - trivial nonsensebuzzword, cant - stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetitioncobblers - 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 partsonggibber, gibberish - unintelligible talkingunintelligibility, incoherence, incoherency - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligiblejabberwocky - nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)mummery, flummery - meaningless ceremonies and flatteryempty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric - loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"rigamarole, rigmarole - a set of confused and meaningless statementsschmegegge, shmegegge - (Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsensehooey, 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 bedbed - 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"beatcheat, 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, escapego 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

bunk

¹noun berth, bed, cot (Nautical), hammock, billet He left his bunk and went up on deck again.

bunk

² noundo 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.

bunk

³ bunkumnoun (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'

bunk¹

verbTo provide with often temporary lodging:accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room.

bunk²

nounSlang. 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.

Translations

睡铺铺位

bunk

(baŋk) noun a sleeping-berth in a ship's cabin. 睡铺

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→ 铺位zhCN

bunk

a lot of bunk

Nonsense or insincerity. Bunk is an abbreviation of the Americanism "bunkum," meaning insincere, empty talk, or disingenuous political talk meant merely to please a target audience. Primarily heard in US. In my opinion, most of what a politician promises during a campaign is just a lot of bunk.See also: bunk, lot, of

a load of bunk

Nonsense or insincerity. Bunk is an abbreviation of the Americanism "bunkum," meaning insincere, empty talk, or disingenuous political talk meant merely to please a target audience. Primarily heard in US. The plumber said it would cost $800 to fix the toilet? What a load of bunk!See also: bunk, load, of

do a bunk

To flee, leave hurriedly, or abscond, especially under illegal or suspicious circumstances. Primarily heard in UK. We did a bunk as soon as we heard the police sirens.See also: bunk

bunk (something)

To absent oneself or leave early from something (usually school or work) when one would normally be required to be there; to play truant. Primarily heard in UK. I was so restless and bored at work that I decided to just bunk it after lunch without telling anyone. Hey, Jim and I are planning on bunking from school on Friday, do you want to come with us? That's the last time you bunk class, mister! From now on, I'm dropping you to school every morning!See also: bunk

bunk off

To absent oneself or leave early from school or work when one would normally be required to be there; to play truant. Primarily heard in UK. I was so restless and bored at work that I decided to just bunk off after lunch without telling anyone. Hey, Jim and I are planning on bunking off from school on Friday, do you want to come with us? That's the last time you bunk off class, mister! From now on, I'm dropping you off to school every morning!See also: bunk, off

bunked

Very intoxicated. Do you remember last night at all? You were bunked!See also: bunk

bunk down (for the night)

To go to bed. It's time for the kids to bunk down for the night. Janet was so tired after her trip that she bunked down as soon as she got home.See also: bunk, down

bunk (up) together

To share a room, bed, or other sleeping space with another person. You two will need to bunk together because we weren't able to reserve enough hotel rooms for everyone. I'll never forget the motley crew I bunked up together with at camp that summer.See also: bunk, together

bunk (up) with (someone)

To share a room, bed, or other sleeping space with another person. You will need to bunk up with your sister because we weren't able to reserve enough hotel rooms for everyone. They became my best friends after I bunked with them at camp.See also: bunk

bunk up

To share a room, bed, or other sleeping space with another person. You will need to bunk up with your sister because we weren't able to reserve enough hotel rooms for everyone. We became best friends after we bunked up at camp.See also: bunk, up

bunk down (for the night)

to bed down for the night; to go to bed. Where are you going to bunk down for the night? I'm tired and ready to bunk down.See also: bunk, down

bunk (up) together

[for two or more people] to share a bed, a bedroom, or a tent. Shall we bunk together? My tent is big and you can bunk up with me.See also: bunk, together

bunk (up) with someone

to share a bed, a bedroom, or a tent with someone. Are you going to bunk up with Fred? I'll bunk with Todd.See also: bunk

do a bunk

make a hurried and furtive departure. British informal 2004 Scotland on Sunday There were rumours after Nessy left. She'd done a bunk with the provy money. She'd gone away with another man. See also: bunk

do a ˈbunk

(British English, informal) leave a place quickly without telling anyone: I heard Jimmy did a bunk with all their money!See also: bunk

bunk up

v. To share a bed or sleeping accommodations, especially temporarily: Before they moved to a bigger house, she had to bunk up with her sister. The campers would bunk up together if it got too cold.See also: bunk, up

bunked

mod. drunk. That’s enough. You’re bunked. See also: bunk

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noun berth

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phrase do a bunk

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noun nonsense

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verb to provide with often temporary lodging

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noun something that does not have or make sense

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noun a long trough for feeding cattle

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noun a bed on a ship or train

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noun a rough bed (as at a campsite)

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noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

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noun a message that seems to convey no meaning

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noun beds built one above the other

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verb avoid paying

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verb provide with a bunk

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verb flee

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