Meaning of Bunk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
2. Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
   dated, slang, uncountable
3. A surname.
4. A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
5. In early use often in the form the bunk.
   obsolete, uncountable
6. A cot.
7. A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient.
   slang, uncountable
8. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
   US
9. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
   US, dialectal
10. A dormitory or bunkroom where soldiers sleep.
    Singapore, broadly

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Examples

“Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk.”

“The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]”

“Don’t leave your bunk unlocked.”

“What she said about me was total bunk. Don't believe a word.”

““You can’t pull any bunk like that on us!” roared Quelch. “We’ve had enough of this flapdoodlery! Take your money, Mrs. Clinton, and sign the deed.””

“This knife-throwing act is the bunk”

“I still can get off with a pound of bunk and pretend it's some Runtz”

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