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bunk up

bunk up verb: to sleep in the same house, room or bed as someone else.

Verb

bunk up (third-person singular simple present bunks up, present participle bunking up, simple past and past participle bunked up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To sleep in the same house, room or bed as someone else.
    • I have to bunk up with Joel, as my landlord has kicked me out.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To have sex.

Forms of bunk up

third-person singular presentbunks up
present participlebunking up
past participlebunked up
pastbunked up

Questions about bunk up

What does bunk up mean?
Bunk up means to sleep in the same house, room or bed as someone else.
What part of speech is bunk up?
Bunk up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bunk up?
The past tense of bunk up is bunked up.

Words near bunk up in the dictionary

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

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