Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bunk off

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: bunk off
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

verb

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"We all bunked off school yesterday to watch the football."
"“You better be off to school now, young lady. You don’t want to be late…” “I suppose so,” mumbled Zoe. Sometimes she wondered why she didn’t just bunk off like so many of the others."

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

bunks off (present, singular) bunking off (participle, present) bunked off (participle, past) bunked off (past)

Synonyms

bump off bunk out skive off play hooky skive on the hop

Questions

What does bunk off mean?: To leave.

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