bunk vs jive

bunk

noun
  • Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense. 

  • A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. 

  • A cot. 

  • A specimen of a recreational drug with insufficient active ingredient. 

  • A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. 

  • A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other. 

  • One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers. 

verb
  • To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off'). 

  • To occupy a bunk. 

  • To provide a bunk. 

  • To depart; scram. 

adj
  • Defective, broken, not functioning properly. 

jive

noun
  • Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk. 

  • Swing, a style of jazz music. 

  • A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon. 

  • African-American Vernacular English. 

  • A dance style popular in the 1940–50s. 

verb
  • To jibe, in the sense of to accord, to agree 

  • To dance, originally to jive or swing music; later, to jazz, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, disco, etc. 

  • To deceive; to be deceptive. 

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