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bunk-ups

bunk-ups is the plural of bunk-up.

Meaning of bunk-up

Noun

bunk-up (plural bunk-ups)

  1. (UK, informal) A manoeuvre in which one person is pushed upwards by another, or others, in order to climb over a fence or similar obstacle.
    • Give us a bunk-up and I'll get your ball back.
    Synonyms:
    leg up
  2. (slang) Casual sex.
    • You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?1971, Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, “Book 2: The Old Five-fingered Widow”, in A Soldier Erect, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, →OCLC, page 111

Questions about bunk-ups

What is bunk-ups the plural of?
Bunk-ups is the plural of bunk-up.

Words near bunk-ups in the dictionary

  1. bunk off
  2. bunk out
  3. bunk together
  4. bunk up
  5. bunk-up
  6. bunk-ups
  7. bunkbed
  8. bunkbeds
  9. Bunke
  10. bunked
  11. bunked down

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