Definitions for bunkbʌŋk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bunkbʌŋk(n.)
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
Category: Furniture
Informal. any bed.
Category: Informal
a bunkhouse.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(v.i.)to occupy a bunk or bed.
Category: Informal
(v.t.)to provide with a place to sleep.
Origin of bunk:
1750–60; back formation from bunker
bunk*bʌŋk(n.)
humbug; nonsense.
Category: Informal
* Informal..
Origin of bunk:
1895–1900, Amer.; short for bunkum
Princeton's WordNet
bunk, feed bunk(noun)
a long trough for feeding cattle
berth, bunk, built in bed(noun)
a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
bunk(noun)
a rough bed (as at a campsite)
bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash(noun)
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum(noun)
a message that seems to convey no meaning
bunk bed, bunk(verb)
beds built one above the other
beat, bunk(verb)
avoid paying
"beat the subway fare"
bunk(verb)
provide with a bunk
"We bunked the children upstairs"
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(verb)
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
bunk(noun)ʌŋk
a bed on a ship, train, etc.
Wiktionary
bunk(Verb)
To fail to attend school without permission; to play truant. (Usually as in, 'to bunk off')
bunk(Verb)
To expel from a school.
Origin: Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe.
Webster Dictionary
Bunk(noun)
a wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night
Bunk(noun)
one of a series of berths or bed places in tiers
Bunk(noun)
a piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers
Bunk(verb)
to go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in
Translations for bunk
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
bunk(noun)
a sleeping-berth in a ship's cabin.
- kajuitbed, slaapbankAfrikaans

- سَريرُ في سَفينَةٍ أو قِطارArabic

- легло в каютаBulgarian

- belichePortuguese (BR)

- lůžkoCzech

- die KojeGerman

- køjeDanish

- κουκέταGreek

- literaSpanish

- koiEstonian

- تختخواب کشتیFarsi

- laveriFinnish

- couchetteFrench

- מִיטַת קוֹמָתַיִיםHebrew

- शायिकाHindi

- posteljaCroatian

- hálóhely (hajón)Hungarian

- dipan, bangku tidurIndonesian

- kojaIcelandic

- cuccettaItalian

- 簡易寝台Japanese

- 배의 침상Korean

- gultasLithuanian

- kojaLatvian

- tempat tidurMalay

- kooiDutch

- køye(seng)Norwegian

- kojaPolish

- تختخواب کشتیPersian

- د خوب تخت د کښتی په کابین کیPashto

- belichePortuguese

- cuşetăRomanian

- койкаRussian

- lôžkoSlovak

- ležiščeSlovenian

- ležajSerbian

- koj, britsSwedish

- ที่นอนในเรือThai

- ranza, kamara yatağıTurkish

- 睡鋪Chinese (Trad.)

- койкаUkrainian

- بحری جہاز کے کیبن میں سونے کی جگہUrdu

- giường ngủ trên tàu thuỷVietnamese

- 睡铺Chinese (Simp.)

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