Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bunk adj.

[bunk n.2 ]

1. bad, second-rate, inferior; infuriating.

[US]T.A. Dorgan in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 96: So many bunk fighters have come here from other parts lately that it is indeed refreshing to see a live one.
[US]Day Book (Chicago) 13 Mar. 11/1: Monday’s verse is pretty punk, / Tuesday’s verse is mostly bunk.
[US]Van Loan ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in Score by Innings (2004) 320: It’s you, ain’t it? [...] And I thought it was a bunk steerer!
[UK]Wodehouse Leave it to Psmith (1993) 497: Of all the bunk games!
[US](con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 21: Bunk - inferior.
[US]P. Munro Sl. U. 49: bunk bad, no good; false, phony; boring, lame.
[US]S. Morgan Homeboy 59: Rooski often hustled bunk hash there.
[US]Teen Lingo: The Source for Youth Ministry 🌐 bunk 1. adj. really bad or aggravating [...] 2. adj. something bad, boring, stupid, etc.

2. fake, counterfeit; cit. 2001 refers to selling fake drugs.

[US]F. Hutchison Philosophy of Johnny the Gent 15: ‘I’ve been tossin boguets at meself [...] for bein’ one o’ them strong minded blokes you read about in the bunk booze-cure ads.
[US]H. Green Mr. Jackson 53: They ain’t nawtin’ quite so easy as floatin’ a bunk minin’ scheme.
[US]Van Loan ‘The Phantom League’ in Ten-Thousand-Dollar Arm 193: You and your bunk newspaper have made an awful sucker out of me.
E. Wallace Again Sanders 107: You are right. Spooks are bunk.
[US]Ragen & Finston World’s Toughest Prison 793: bunk – False.
[US]J. Stahl Plainclothes Naked (2002) 228: If Marv got ’em high, they’ll wanna head back and scarf around for more. If they think he’s bunk [...] they’ll wanna head back and get you.
[US]J. Stahl Bad Sex on Speed 98: You didn’t know that [...] they were coming to pay you back for the bunk drugs.
Twitter Sept. 🌐 I wondered where Melville got these bunk figures from. GB News? The Kremlin?

3. unsophisticated, unfashionable, ugly.

[US]College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Bunk (adj.) [...] 2. Ugly as a dog.

4. see bunco adj. (1)