bunk

Meaning of bunk

noun

a narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.

verb
  1. sleep in a bunk or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters.
    they bunk together in the dormitory

mid 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to bunker.

noun
  1. nonsense.
    anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk

early 20th century: abbreviation of bunkum.

verb
  1. abscond or play truant from school or work.
    he bunked off school all week

mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

Information about bunk

  • The plural form of bunk is: bunks.
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Hyphenation of bunk

bunk

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • bunk is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

bunk synonyms

Meaning berth:

berth

Meaning bunkum:

bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash

Meaning nonsense:

nonsense, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum, drivel, piffle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, codswallop, flapdoodle

Meaning beat:

beat

Meaning scat:

scat, run, scarper, lam, escape

Meaning a small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child:

cot

Meaning a piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress:

bed

Meaning senseless talk or writing; nonsense:

balderdash

Meaning unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense:

gibberish

Meaning absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas:

claptrap

Meaning talk which aims to charm, flatter, or persuade (often considered typical of Irish people):

blarney

Meaning long-winded talk with no real substance:

blather, blether

Meaning absurd, nonsensical, or worthless talk or ideas:

rubbish

Meaning foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense:

baloney

Meaning nonsense; rubbish:

tripe, bosh, tommyrot, crapola

Meaning language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms:

gobbledygook

Meaning the area on the outer surface of a ship's hull where the bottom curves to meet the vertical sides:

bilge

Meaning an uncastrated male bovine animal:

bull

Meaning cleansing lotion for a person's eye:

eyewash

Meaning meaningless talk; nonsense:

malarkey

Meaning trivial or foolish speech or writing; nonsense:

twaddle

Meaning a thin stream of liquid; a trickle:

dribble

Meaning a person whose job is mending shoes:

cobblers

Meaning a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl:

cock

Meaning rubbish; nonsense:

tosh

Meaning bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly:

flannel

Meaning lengthy but vague or trivial talk or writing:

waffle

Meaning foolish talk; nonsense:

havers

Meaning worthless or meaningless material or ideas; rubbish:

garbage

Meaning talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense:

blathers

Meaning used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in Liverpool:

wack

Meaning rubbish, nonsense:

bushwa

Meaning a puree of stewed apples, typically sweetened:

applesauce

Meaning a large marine fish with a small barbel on the chin:

cod

Meaning ham that has been cured or smoked like bacon:

gammon

Meaning a kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter, often with other ingredients or flavourings added:

toffee

Meaning faeces:

shit

Meaning stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense:

bullshit

Meaning something of extremely poor quality:

crap

Meaning the testicles:

bollocks

Meaning testicles:

balls

Meaning coarse dust:

bulldust

Meaning move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce:

skip

Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):

avoid

Meaning avoid or neglect (a duty or responsibility):

shirk

Meaning provide with a ditch or ditches:

ditch

Meaning make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object:

cut

Meaning put (something) in a bag:

bag

Translation of bunk

Anagrams of bunk

knub

Words that rhyme with bunk

Kennebunk, debunk

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