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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUNK, n. A case or cabin of boards for a bed; a word used in some parts of America.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a long trough for feeding cattle [syn: bunk, feed bunk]
2: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: berth, bunk, built in bed]
3: a rough bed (as at a campsite)
4: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash]
5: a message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum]
6: beds built one above the other [syn: bunk bed, bunk] v
1: avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" [syn: beat, bunk]
2: provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
3: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: 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]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably short for bunker Date: 1758 1. a. bunk bed b. a built-in bed (as on a ship) that is often one of a tier of berths c. a sleeping place 2. a feeding trough for farm animals and especially cattle II. verb Date: 1840 intransitive verb to occupy a bunk or bed ; stay the night <bunked with a friend for the night> transitive verb to provide with a bunk or bed III. noun Date: 1900 bunkum, nonsense IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1870 British a hurried departure or escape — usually used in the phrase do a bunk

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. a sleeping-berth, esp. a shelflike bed against a wall, e.g. in a ship. Phrases and idioms: bunk-bed each of two or more beds one above the other, forming a unit. bunk-house a house where workmen etc. are lodged. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n. Phrases and idioms: do a bunk Brit. sl. leave or abscond hurriedly. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. 3. n. sl. nonsense, humbug. Etymology: abbr. of BUNKUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bunk Bunk, n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf. Bunch.] 1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.] 2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers. 3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bunk Bunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunking.] To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bunks) 1. A bunk is a bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a ship or caravan. He left his bunk and went up on deck again. N-COUNT 2. If you describe something as bunk, you think that it is foolish or untrue. (INFORMAL) ...Henry Ford's opinion that 'history is bunk'. = nonsense [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. (Colloq. U. S.) Berth, bed. II. v. n. (Colloq. U. S.) Lie (in a bunk), sleep.

Moby Thesaurus

abide, abscond, applesauce, balderdash, balls, baloney, bed, bedstead, beguile, berth, bestow, betray, big talk, bilge, billet, blague, blah, blah-blah, board, bop, bosh, break, bull, bullshit, bunkum, claptrap, cohabit, couch, crap, decamp, delude, domicile, domiciliate, doss, doss down, double-cross, dwell, eyewash, fancy talk, fine talk, fish story, flam, flapdoodle, flee, flimflam, fly, four-flush, gammon, gas, guff, gup, gurney, hang out, harbor, highfalutin, highfaluting, hogwash, hoke, hokum, hooey, hot air, house, humbug, humbuggery, hut, inhabit, jazz, jiggery-pokery, kip, litter, live, lodge, malarkey, mislead, moonshine, nest, occupy, perch, piffle, poppycock, put up, quarter, remain, reside, room, roost, rot, scape, scat, sell out, shelter, shit, sofa, squat, stable, stay, stretcher, tall story, tall talk, tenant, the hay, the sack, tommyrot, tripe, wind