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bunk

/bʌŋk/noun, verb1 syllable

Bunk means: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.

Synonyms for bunk26

noun, as in unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash

noun, as in a message that seems to convey no meaning

nonsense, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum

noun, as in a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

berth, built in bed

noun, as in a long trough for feeding cattle

feed bunk

noun, as in beds built one above the other

bunk bed

verb, as in flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away

verb, as in avoid paying

beat

What does bunk mean?9

verb

1

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run“If you see this man, run!”

2

avoid paying“beat the subway fare”

3

provide with a bunk“We bunked the children upstairs”

noun

1

unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

2

a message that seems to convey no meaning

3

a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

4

a long trough for feeding cattle

5

beds built one above the other

6

a rough bed (as at a campsite)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bunk?12

one syllable

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Bunk in a sentence

  • She fell from the top of the bunk bed.Hybrid
  • Bunk beds are a way to save space.Hybrid
  • Do you have the top or the bottom bunk?sundown
  • Have you got the top or bottom bunk?sundown
  • Do you want the top bunk or the bottom bunk?CK
  • How about we bunk off school and go to the beach?sundown
  • Would you like to sleep in the top or the bottom bunk?sundown
  • Do you want the top bunk or the bottom one?CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bunk

as a noun

plural
bunks

as a verb

past tense
bunked
present participle
bunking
third-person singular
bunks
past participle
bunked