bunk 1
/bungk/ , n.
1. a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
2. Informal. any bed.
3. a cabin used for sleeping quarters, as in a summer camp; bunkhouse.
4. a trough for feeding cattle.
v.i.
5. Informal. to occupy a bunk or any sleeping quarters: Joe and Bill bunked together at camp.
v.t.
6. to provide with a place to sleep.
[ 1750-60; back formation from BUNKER ]
bunk 2
/bungk/ , n. Informal.
humbug; nonsense.
[ 1895-1900, Amer.; short for BUNKUM ]
Syn . baloney, rot, hogwash, applesauce, bull, hooey.
bunk 3
/bungk/ , v.i. , v.t.
to bump.
[ perh. expressive alter. of BUMP ]
bunk 4
/bungk/ , Brit. Slang.
v.t.
1. to absent oneself from: to bunk a history class.
v.i.
2. to run off or away; flee.
n.
3. do a bunk , to leave hastily, esp. under suspicious circumstances; run away.
[ 1865-70; perh. special use of BUNK 1 ]