[syn: 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunk \Bunk\ (b[u^][ng]k), n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring,
flooring. Cf. Bunch.]
1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the
daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]
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2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers; as, to
sleep in the top bunk.
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3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain
the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]
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4. a bed. [informal]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunk \Bunk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bunking.]
To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.]
--Bartlett.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bunk
n 1: a long trough for feeding cattle [syn: bunk, feed bunk]
2: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: berth,
bunk, built in bed]
3: a rough bed (as at a campsite)
4: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false
statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff,
rot, hogwash]
5: a message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: nonsense,
bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum]
6: beds built one above the other [syn: bunk bed, bunk]
v 1: avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" [syn: beat, bunk]
2: provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
3: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man,
run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
[syn: 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]