bunk

n.

1. A narrow bed built like a shelf into or against a wall, as in a ship's cabin.
2. A bunk bed.
3. A place for sleeping.

v., bunked, bunk·ing, bunks.

v.intr.

1. 1. To sleep in a bunk or bed.
   2. To stay the night; sleep: bunk over at a friend's house.
2. To go to bed: bunked down early.

v.tr.

To provide with sleeping quarters.

[Perhaps short for BUNKER.]

bunk² (bŭngk)
n.

Empty talk; nonsense.

[Short for BUNKUM.]

verb

To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See protection/exposure.

bunk²

noun

Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, crap, hooey, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

n

Definition: nonsense
Antonyms: sense

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A built-in, usually narrow, bed.

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Speeches delivered by members of Congress, designed for home consumption and to promote a member's chances of reelection, got the name “bunk” from Representative Felix Walker of Buncombe County, North Carolina. In 1820, Walker interrupted debate over the Missouri Compromise to make a speech directed chiefly to his constituents. Other representatives need not bother to stay to listen, he advised them, because “this is for Buncombe.”

IN BRIEF: n. - A bed on a ship or train; A rough bed (as at a campsite); A long trough for feeding cattle; Beds built one above the other; A message that seems to convey no meaning; Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

Usually the older child gets to sleep in the top bunk.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - køje, køjeseng
v. intr. - gå til køjs, sove i køje
v. tr. - bortvise fra skole

idioms:

• bunk bed    køjeseng, køje

2.
v. intr. - pjække, skulke
n. - pjæk, skulken

idioms:

• bunk off    pjække
• do a bunk    stikke af, smutte

3.
n. - vrøvl, sludder, pjat, pjank

Nederlands (Dutch)
kooi, gezwam, trog, logeren

Français (French)
1.
n. - couchette
v. intr. - coucher/camper (dans un lit de fortune), passer (la nuit), se coucher
v. tr. - héberger (dans des chambres, un dortoir)

idioms:

• bunk bed    lits superposés, lits gigognes, logement (fam)

2.
v. intr. - faire l'école buissonnière, sécher les cours
n. - endroit où dormir, logement (fam)

idioms:

• bunk off    mettre les voiles
• do a bunk    décamper, mettre les voiles

3.
n. - bêtises (arch)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Koje, Wandbett, Schlafstelle
v. - in einem primitiven Bett oder Koje schlafen, ins Bett gehen

idioms:

• bunk bed    Etagenbett

2.
v. - (vulg) ausreißen, stürmen

idioms:

• bunk off    schwänzen
• do a bunk    durchbrennen, türmen

3.
n. - (Slang) Quatsch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουκέτα, (καθομ.) μπούρδες, κουταμάρες
v. - κάνω κοπάνα, πλαγιάζω, πέφτω για ύπνο

idioms:

• bunk bed    διώροφο κρεβάτι
• bunk off    κάνω κοπάνα
• do a bunk    (καθομ.) λακίζω, την κοπανάω

Italiano (Italian)
cuccetta

idioms:

• bunk beds    letto a castello
• bunk off    scappare, marinare la scuola
• do a bunk    tagliare la corda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - beliche (m), bobagem (f) (gír.)
v. - dormir, dormir em beliche

idioms:

• bunk bed    beliche
• bunk off    matar aula (gír.), sair sem permissão
• do a bunk    cair fora (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
койка, смываться

idioms:

• bunk bed    двух-/трехъярусная кровать
• bunk off    прогуливать (уроки)
• do a bunk    смываться

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - litera
v. intr. - dormir en una litera
v. tr. - dormir en una litera

idioms:

• bunk bed    litera

2.
v. intr. - faltar a la escuela, hacerse la rabona
n. - el que no va a clase

idioms:

• bunk off    escabullirse, largarse, hacer novillos, faltar a la escuela, fumarse la clase, soplarse la clase
• do a bunk    tomar las de Villadiego

3.
n. - tontería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - koj, sovhytt
v. - gå till kojs, sova
abbr. - prat, humbug

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 架式床铺, 铺位, 帆布床, 睡觉处, 在临时的处所睡觉, 睡在架式床铺上, 为...提供睡觉处

idioms:

• bunk bed    双层床
• bunk off    逃跑
• do a bunk    逃去, 逃走

2. 假话, 胡说, 空话

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 架式床鋪, 鋪位, 帆布床, 睡覺處
v. intr. - 在臨時的處所睡覺, 睡在架式床鋪上
v. tr. - 為...提供睡覺處

idioms:

• bunk bed    雙層床
• bunk off    逃跑
• do a bunk    逃去, 逃走

2.
n. - 假話, 胡說, 空話

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 침상
v. intr. - 잠자리에 들다
v. tr. - ~에 잠자리를 만들다

2.
v. intr. - 도망치다
n. - 도망

idioms:

• bunk off    도망가다
• do a bunk    도망가다

3.
n. - 허풍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 棚式寝台, 寝台
v. - 棚式寝台に寝る, 寝る

idioms:

• bunk bed    二段ベッド
• bunk off    逃亡する
• do a bunk    ずらかる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سرير في سفينه أو قطار, فرار, كلام فارغ (فعل) نام في سرير ضيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דרגש, מיטה צרה‬
v. intr. - ‮ישן במיטה או על דרגש, לן ב-, ישן, שכב לישון‬
v. tr. - ‮הלין‬
v. intr. - ‮נעדר (מביה"ס וכו'), ברח, השתמט‬
n. - ‮בריחה, מנוסה‬
n. - ‮שטויות‬

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bunk	triple bunk
Bunk Bed	Futon Bunk Bed