bunk-up

noun

A manoeuvre in which one person is pushed upwards by another, or others, in order to climb over a fence or similar obstacle.

“Give us a bunk-up and I'll get your ball back.”

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nounbunk-up (plural bunk-ups)

plural bunk-ups

  1. UKinformalA manoeuvre in which one person is pushed upwards by another, or others, in order to climb over a fence or similar obstacle.

    Give us a bunk-up and I'll get your ball back.

    Synonyms: leg up

  2. slangCasual sex.

    You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?

    1971, Brian W[ilson] Aldiss, “Book 2: The Old Five-fingered Widow”, in A Soldier Erect, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, →OCLC, page 111
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    Smoking should only be done glamorously, at will readings or during multimillion-dollar jewellery heists, or wretchedly, in Paris, lamenting an extramarital bunk-up—so let’s have none of that.

    2023 January 28, Justin Myers, “62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA manoeuvre in which one person is pushed upwards by another, or others, in order to climb over a fence or similar obstacle.

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