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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

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]


VERB (3)

1. avoid paying;
- Example: "beat the subway fare"
[syn: beat, bunk]

2. provide with a bunk;
- Example: "We bunked the children upstairs"

3. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run;
- Example: "If you see this man, run!"
- Example: "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]


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.] [1913 Webster] 2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers; as, to sleep in the top bunk. [1913 Webster] 3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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]