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English Dictionary: bunk |
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3 results for bunk |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- bunk
- n
- a long trough for feeding cattle
Synonym(s): bunk, feed bunk
- a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
Synonym(s): berth, bunk, built in bed
- a rough bed (as at a campsite)
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Synonym(s): bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash
- a message that seems to convey no meaning
Synonym(s): nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
- beds built one above the other
Synonym(s): bunk bed, bunk
- v
- avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
Synonym(s): beat, bunk
- provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Bunk \Bunk\, n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring.
Cf. {Bunch}.]
1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the
daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]
2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain
the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Bunk \Bunk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bunked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bunking}.]
To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.]
--Bartlett.
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