bunk up

noun, verb — 4 senses

bunk-up

nounalso spelled bunk-up
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.
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:
  • Smoking should only be done glamorously, at will readings or during multimillion-dollar jewellery heists, or wretchedly, in Paris, lamenting an extramarital bunk-up—so let’s have none of that.2023 January 28, Justin Myers, “62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

bunk up

verb
1

Informal 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

Slang To have sex.

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