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Bunked vs Bunted - What's the difference?

bunked | bunted |

As verbs the difference between bunked and bunted

is that bunked is (bunk) while bunted is (bunt).

bunked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bunk)

    • Anagrams

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    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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    bunted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bunt)

    • bunt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
    • The bunt of the sail was green.
  • (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
    • The bunt was fielded cleanly.
  • (baseball, softball) The act of bunting
    • The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
  • (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
  • A fungus (Ustilago foetida ) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.

    • See also

    * ("bunt" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance
    • Jones bunted the ball.
  • (baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance
    • Jones bunted .
  • (aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
    • We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the "Bunt Club", who had successfully bunted their aircraft - that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out.
  • (nautical) To swell out.
    • The sail bunts .
  • (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.