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to bunk

to bunk

30 6.8
To give someone a bed to sleep on
  • verb
  • /bʌŋk/
translation icon : alojar a
  • We're bunking here for two weeks.
  • bunk with friends
  • bunk together
  • bunk here

Well, when you're living on the street, you won't mind bunking up with another guy in a room as opposed to having to sleep on the curb.

Examples

  • Well, when you're living on the street, you won't mind bunking up with another guy in a room as opposed to having to sleep on the curb.

    Danny Jones

  • You can bunk with me.

    Robots (2005)

  • GIRL 1: Wait, we have to bunk together.

    Theater Camp (2023)

  • Like two workers who bunk in the same room.

    Hope Springs (2012)

  • If it gets tight, you can always bunk with me or at the hotel.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • So, we figured we would just bunk up here.

    The Whittler (2020)

  • Dylan took your room, so you can bunk with him.

    To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)

  • You know the guy you're bunking with?

    Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

  • During the Westbeth blackout, Jane Lazarus bunked with friends, so she didn't see Midnight on any water runs.

    Blog text (18)

  • You can bunk with me if you need a place to sleep.

Synonyms

to bed
vsto bunk
23 1.0

To give someone a place to sleep

is narrower, giving a small specific sleeping place

Antonyms

to remove
∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

to deprive
198 3.2

To take something important away from someone or stop them having it

Phrasal Verbs

to bunk down
  • Informal
5 6.8

To sleep in a temporary place like on the floor or in the living room

to bunk off
  • UK
1 9.8

Stay away from school or work without permission to do something more fun

Compounds

bunk bed
23 1.3

A bed with another bed above it so two people can sleep

feed bunk
  • Jargon
6.3

A long raised container that holds food for cows

How Comfortable

to house
82 2.5
to host
466 2.1
to bunk
30 6.8
to put up
  • Informal
43 3.3

Surface Forms

bunk infinitive
bunked past
bunked past participle
bunking present participle
bunks third person singular

Etymology

The verb bunk (to give someone a sleeping place) comes directly from the noun bunk meaning bed, so to bunk someone is simply to provide them with a bed or place to sleep. That's why people say guests were 'bunked' in a cabin.