bunk

  1. Noun.  One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.
  2. Noun.  (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
  3. Noun.  (military) A cot.
  4. Noun.  (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
  5. Noun.  (US, informal) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
  6. Verb.  to occupy a bunk.
  7. Verb.  to provide a bunk.
  8. Noun.  (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
  9. Verb.  (British) To fail to attend school without permission; to play truant. (Usually as in, 'to bunk off').
  10. Verb.  (obsolete) To expel from a school.

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