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Bunk vs Gunk - What's the difference?

bunk | gunk |

As nouns the difference between bunk and gunk

is that bunk is one of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers or bunk can be (slang) bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense while gunk is (uncountable|informal) dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance.

As verbs the difference between bunk and gunk

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 gunk is to soil or make dirty.

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)
  • One of a series of berths or bed placed in tiers.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 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, […]}}
  • (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.
    • Derived terms
    * bunk bed, bunkbed * bunkmate

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To occupy a bunk.
  • To provide a bunk.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from . See (m) for more.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * debunk

    Etymology 3

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

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (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.

    • References

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    gunk

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable, informal) dirt or grime; any vague or unknown substance
    • I washed all the gunk off the light fixture, and found that it was white, not brown.
  • (uncountable) A subculture of 21st century American males, combining elements of modern gothic culture with punk rock.
  • (countable) A member of the gunk subculture.

    • Synonyms

    * goo * goop * gunge

    Derived terms

    * gunk up * degunking

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To soil or make dirty

    • Anagrams

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