bunk

Noun

1. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
2. A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
3. A cot.
4. (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
5. (US, dialectal) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
6. (Singapore, broadly) A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.

Verb

1. To occupy a bunk.
2. To provide a bunk.

Adj

Defective, broken, not functioning properly.

Verb

1. (British, India) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
2. (dated) To expel from a school.
3. (slang) To depart; scram.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʌŋk/

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

cot

berth

bed

🛏️

escape

beat

nonsense

hightail it

rot

lam

bunk bed

hokum

couch

🛋️

run

break away

nonsensicality

scarper

hammock

head for the hills

scat

run away

feed bunk

to do a bunk

turn tail

plank bed

bosh

built in bed

take to the woods

hogwash

guff

fly the coop

bunkum

meaninglessness

buncombe

mush

foolery

fly

✈️

flight

✈️

flee

break

bedstead

fatuousness

fatuity

keep

inanity

elude

bolt

baloney

inside

immunity

idiocy

Translations

Koje

litera

cuccetta

couchette

beliche

κουκέτα

liteira

llitera

hamac

αερολογίες

κλίνη

Quatsch

coucher

türmen

disbarat