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Meaning of bunk

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bunk
      n 1: a long trough for feeding cattle [syn: {bunk}, {feed bunk}]
      2: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: {berth},
         {bunk}, {built in bed}]
      3: a rough bed (as at a campsite)
      4: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false
         statements) [syn: {bunk}, {bunkum}, {buncombe}, {guff},
         {rot}, {hogwash}]
      5: a message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: {nonsense},
         {bunk}, {nonsensicality}, {meaninglessness}, {hokum}]
      6: beds built one above the other [syn: {bunk bed}, {bunk}]
      v 1: avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" [syn: {beat}, {bunk}]
      2: provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"
      3: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man,
         run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
         [syn: {scat}, {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run
         away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills}, {take to
         the woods}, {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break away}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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