bunk off

verb

To leave.

“We all bunked off school yesterday to watch the football.”

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bump offbunk outskive offplay hookyskiveon the hop
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Meanings

verbbunk off (third-person singular simple present bunks off, present participle bunking off, simple past and past participle bunked off)

present singular third person bunks off · participle present bunking off · participle past bunked off · past bunked off

  1. literallyTo leave.
  2. UKslangTo play truant

    We all bunked off school yesterday to watch the football.

    1 more example

    “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.

    2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

    Synonyms: bump off, bunk out, skive off, play hooky, skive, on the hop

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo play truant

Similar
bump offbunk outskive offplay hookyskiveon the hop

More synonyms by meaning

verbplay truant from work or school

Similar
play hooky
Broader
cutskip
Also see
beakbump offbunk outplay hookyplay truantskive off

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish wychodzić, wyjść
  • wychodzićto leave
  • wyjśćto leave
  • wagarowaćto be absent from school without permission
Cite this entry
APA

bunk off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunk%20off

MLA

“bunk off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunk%20off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunk off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunk%20off.

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