bunk

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bŭngk, IPA(key): /bʌŋk/ Rhymes: -ʌŋk === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== bunk (plural bunks) One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers. (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other. (military) A cot. (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. (Singapore, military, by extension) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked) To occupy a bunk. To provide a bunk. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more. ==== Noun ==== bunk (uncountable) (slang, dated) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense. Synonym: hokum (obsolete) In early use often in the form the bunk. [1900-1927] (slang) A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient. ==== Adjective ==== bunk (not comparable) (slang) Defective, broken, not functioning properly. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense ===== Derived terms ===== debunk ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === 19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship. ==== Verb ==== bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked) (British, India) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off'). (dated) To expel from a school. (slang) To depart; scram. ===== Derived terms ===== bunker bunk off bunk out ===== Translations ===== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “bunk” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. “bunk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === knub == Yola == === Etymology === Probably onomatopoeic or perhaps related to Middle English *bumpe (“bump”), perhaps via a diminutive *bunke, *bumpke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊŋk/ === Noun === bunk A light blow from an animal's head. === References === Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[3], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 136