bunk adj.
1. bad, second-rate, inferior; infuriating.
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. | in Zwilling||
Day Book (Chicago) 13 Mar. 11/1: Monday’s verse is pretty punk, / Tuesday’s verse is mostly bunk. | ||
Score by Innings (2004) 320: It’s you, ain’t it? [...] And I thought it was a bunk steerer! | ‘Chivalry in Carbon County’ in||
Leave it to Psmith (1993) 497: Of all the bunk games! | ||
(con. 1950-1960) Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 21: Bunk - inferior. | ||
Sl. U. 49: bunk bad, no good; false, phony; boring, lame. | ||
Homeboy 59: Rooski often hustled bunk hash there. | ||
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.
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. | ||
Mr. Jackson 53: They ain’t nawtin’ quite so easy as floatin’ a bunk minin’ scheme. | ||
Ten-Thousand-Dollar Arm 193: You and your bunk newspaper have made an awful sucker out of me. | ‘The Phantom League’ in||
Again Sanders 107: You are right. Spooks are bunk. | ||
World’s Toughest Prison 793: bunk – False. | ||
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. | ||
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.
College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Bunk (adj.) [...] 2. Ugly as a dog. |
4. see bunco adj. (1)