bunk

adj

Etymology: Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more.

1. Defective, broken, not functioning properly.

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: 19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.

1. A hasty departure.

   “You may well say chance it, lad. From what I see and what I hear it seems to be getting a pretty near thing which side touches down first, but the old geezer's dead set on going through whatever turns up, and God knows that if it comes to a general bunk he's bound to be the hindmost.”

verb

Etymology: 19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.

1. To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually 'to bunk off').

   “The naughty boys decided to bunk school and visit the comic shop.”

2. To expel from a school.

   “She was bunked from the convent last term. I don't quite know what for.”

3. To depart; scram.

   “"They're moving off," he said. "[…] [T]he funny little man with the beard like a goat is going a different way from everyone else — the gardeners will have to head him off. I don't see Mademoiselle, though. The rest of you had better bunk. […]"”