"bunk up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bunks up [present, singular, third-person], bunking up [participle, present], bunked up [participle, past], bunked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bunk up (third-person singular simple present bunks up, present participle bunking up, simple past and past participle bunked up)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To sleep in the same house, room or bed as someone else. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bunk_up-en-verb-VHGw-e1x
  2. (intransitive, slang) To have sex. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-bunk_up-en-verb-z2n28Vuc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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