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bunk
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?ngk, IPA(key): /b??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian.Confer Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”).See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.
Noun
bunk (plural bunks)
- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- (military) A cot.
- (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
- (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
Derived terms
- bunk bed, bunkbed
- bunkhouse
- bunkmate
- bunkspace
Translations
Verb
bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)
- To occupy a bunk.
- To provide a bunk.
Derived terms
- bunk up
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more.
Noun
bunk (uncountable)
- (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
Adjective
bunk (not comparable)
- (slang) defective, broken, not functioning properly
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:nonsense
Derived terms
- debunk
Translations
Etymology 3
19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.
Verb
bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)
- (Britain) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
- (dated) To expel from a school.
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- bunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- knub
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bunn
English
Noun
bunn (plural bunns)
- Archaic form of bun (“sweetened bread roll”).
- 1816, Joshua E. White, Letters on England
- Such is the general hurry and confusion in the principal streets, such as Castle Street, Lord Street, Pool Lane, Paradise Street, &c. that often passengers take up a bunn, a cake, or some fruit, as they pass the shop of a confectioner or fruit-seller, without stopping, and throw in the pay without inquiring the price.
- 1856, Lucius Manlius Sargent, Dealings with the Dead (volume 2, page 472)
- "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it would draw a blank. Crust, the baker, offered me what I gave for it, and a sheet of bunns, to boot, and I let him have it, three weeks ago. […]
- 1816, Joshua E. White, Letters on England
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- botn (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
From Danish bund, Old Danish botn, from Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of botn.
Noun
bunn m (definite singular bunnen, indefinite plural bunner, definite plural bunnene)
- bottom (lowermost part)
Derived terms
References
- “bunn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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