bunk

/bʌŋk/
noun
  1. A narrow bed that is built into a wall or stacked one above another, as in a ship, train, or dormitory.
    • The sailor climbed into his bunk after a long watch.
    • The summer camp bunk was surprisingly comfortable.
    • Each cabin has two bunks, one above the other.
  2. Nonsense; something that is not true or not worth believing.
    • The article was full of bunk and had no real facts.
    • She called the conspiracy theory pure bunk.
    • Don't listen to his claims about the miracle cure — it's all bunk.
Antonyms
verb
  1. To sleep in a bunk or in a makeshift bed; to stay somewhere temporarily.
    • We bunked in the spare room at my aunt's house.
    • During the trip, we bunked together in a small cabin.
    • The hikers bunked at a mountain shelter for the night.
  2. To leave hurriedly or to avoid something (often used in the phrase 'bunk off').
    • She felt guilty after bunking her piano lesson.
    • He bunked his shift at the restaurant to go to the concert.
    • The students decided to bunk off school and go to the park.
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