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bunk1

 
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
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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Word History
Bunk comes from the name of a county in North Carolina where a congressman named Felix Walker gave a long and boring speech.