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: bunkum buncombe guff rot hogwash
5. a message that seems to convey no meaning
      Synonyms: nonsense nonsensicality meaninglessness hokum
6. beds built one above the other
      Synonyms: bunk bed

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: scat run scarper turn tail lam run away hightail it head for the hills take to the woods escape fly the coop break away

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