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- pronunciation:
- buhngk
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a small single bed attached to a wall, or one of a pair of single beds supported by a framework and positioned one on top of the other.
The resting sailors lay in their bunks.It was hot sleeping in the top bunk at camp.- similar words:
- bed, berth, cot, pallet
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| definition 2: |
(informal) any kind of bed.
I'm exhausted. I'm going to hit my bunk now.- synonyms:
- bed
- similar words:
- bunk bed, cot, daybed, pallet, platform bed, sack
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
bunks, bunking, bunked |
| definition: |
(informal) to sleep, esp. in any makeshift place.
I'll bunk on the couch tonight.- synonyms:
- sleep
- similar words:
- camp, hit the hay, room, sack out
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| related words: |
bed, billet, lodge, stay |
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Bunk comes from the name of a county in North Carolina where a congressman named Felix Walker gave a long and boring speech.
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