bunk meaning and definition

BUNK noun

Definition of bunk (noun)

1. a long trough for feeding cattle
   • synonyms: feed bunk
2. a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
   • synonyms: berth, built in bed
3. a rough bed (as at a campsite)
4. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
   • synonyms: buncombe, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot
5. a message that seems to convey no meaning
   • synonyms: hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality
6. beds built one above the other
   • synonyms: bunk bed

BUNK verb

Definition of bunk (verb)

1. avoid paying
   • "beat the subway fare"
   • synonyms: beat
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"
   • synonyms: break away, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail