Meaning & use
bunk
Nonsense; foolish or worthless talk or ideas.
See it in a sentence
He dismissed the miracle diet as complete bunk with no scientific backing.
Reporters quickly exposed the politician's claims as bunk.
A note on using this word
Bunk meaning nonsense is informal American slang, distinct from the unrelated sense of a built-in bed, as in "bunk bed."
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A narrow, built-in bed, often one of a stacked pair.
The sailors slept in narrow bunks stacked three high below deck.
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