Meaning & Definition of Bunk in English
English⟶
Bunk
/bəŋk/
noun
1. A long trough for feeding cattle
synonym:
- bunk,
- feed bunk
2. A bed on a ship or train
- Usually in tiers
synonym:
- berth,
- bunk,
- built in bed
3. A rough bed (as at a campsite)
synonym:
- bunk
4. Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
synonym:
- bunk,
- bunkum,
- buncombe,
- guff,
- rot,
- hogwash
5. A message that seems to convey no meaning
synonym:
- nonsense,
- bunk,
- nonsensicality,
- meaninglessness,
- hokum
6. Beds built one above the other
synonym:
- bunk bed,
- bunk
verb
1. Avoid paying
- "Beat the subway fare"
synonym:
- beat,
- bunk
2. Provide with a bunk
- "We bunked the children upstairs"
synonym:
- bunk
3. Flee
- Take to one's heels
- Cut and run
- "If you see this man, run!"
- "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
synonym:
- 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