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English Dictionary: bunk by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bunk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bunk
n
  1. a long trough for feeding cattle
    Synonym(s): bunk, feed bunk
  2. a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
    Synonym(s): berth, bunk, built in bed
  3. a rough bed (as at a campsite)
  4. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
    Synonym(s): bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash
  5. a message that seems to convey no meaning
    Synonym(s): nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
  6. beds built one above the other
    Synonym(s): bunk bed, bunk
v
  1. avoid paying; "beat the subway fare"
    Synonym(s): beat, bunk
  2. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
  3. 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
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.]

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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