bunk

views updated May 21 2018

bunk1 / ngk/ • n. a narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.• v. [intr.] sleep in shared quarters as a temporary arrangement: they bunk together in the dormitory.bunk2 • n. inf. nonsense: anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk.

bunk

views updated Jun 08 2018

bunk1 sleeping-berth in a ship. etc. XIX. of unkn. orig.; perh. rel. to BUNKER.

bunk

views updated May 23 2018

bunk3 (sl.) short for BUNKUM. XX.

bunk

views updated May 23 2018

bunk2 (sl.) be off, make off. XIX. of unkn. orig.