bunk

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 References

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭngk, IPA: /bʌŋk/, SAMPA: /bVNk/

  Rhymes: -ʌŋk

[edit] Etymology 1

Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“‘seat, bench’”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian. Confer Old Swedish bunke (“‘boards used to protect the cargo of a ship’”). See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.

[edit] Noun

bunk (plural bunks)

1. One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.
2. (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
3. (military) A cot.
4. (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
5. (US, informal) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

[edit] Derived terms

• bunk bed, bunkbed
• bunkmate

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to bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)

1. to occupy a bunk
2. to provide a bunk

[edit] Etymology 2

Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe.

[edit] Noun

bunk (uncountable)

1. (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.

[edit] Synonyms

• See WikiSaurus:nonsense

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• debunk

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[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Verb

to bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)

1. (British) To fail to attend school without permission; to play truant.
2. (obsolete) To expel from a school.

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[edit] References

• “bunk” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• bunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913