Bunk vs Dunk - What's the difference?
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One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=6 (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
(military) A cot.
(US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
(US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
(slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
(British) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
(obsolete) To expel from a school.
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
To set down carelessly.
(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
As verbs the difference between bunk and dunk
is that bunk is to occupy a bunk or bunk can be (british) to fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off') while dunk is .As a noun bunk
is one of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers or bunk can be (slang) bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.bunk
English
(wikipedia bunk)Etymology 1
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English , origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian. Confer Old Swedish . See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}
Derived terms
* bunk bed, bunkbed * bunkmateEtymology 2
Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from . See (m) for more.Noun
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* debunkEtymology 3
19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.Verb
(en verb)References
* * *dunk
English
Verb
(en verb)- I like to dunk my donut in my coffee.
- Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
- The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
Noun
(en noun)- The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.