- [countable] a narrow bed that is fixed to a wall, especially on a ship or trainTopics Transport by bus and trainc2, Transport by waterc2
- [countable] (also bunk bed)one of two beds that are fixed together, one above the other, especially for children
- I slept in the bottom bunk of a set of bunk beds.
- [uncountable] (old-fashioned, informal) ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are silly or not true synonym bunkum, nonsense
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps related to bunker. noun sense 3 early 20th cent.: abbreviation of bunkum.
Idioms
See bunk in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydo a bunk
- (British English, informal) to run away from a place without telling anyone
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