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Definition of bunker verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bunker

verb
 
/ˈbʌŋkə(r)/
 
/ˈbʌŋkər/
be bunkered
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bunker
 
/ˈbʌŋkə(r)/
 
/ˈbʌŋkər/
he / she / it bunkers
 
/ˈbʌŋkəz/
 
/ˈbʌŋkərz/
past simple bunkered
 
/ˈbʌŋkəd/
 
/ˈbʌŋkərd/
past participle bunkered
 
/ˈbʌŋkəd/
 
/ˈbʌŋkərd/
-ing form bunkering
 
/ˈbʌŋkərɪŋ/
 
/ˈbʌŋkərɪŋ/
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  1. (in golf) to have hit your ball into a bunker (and therefore to be in a difficult position)
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally Scots, denoting a seat or bench): perhaps related to bunk ‘narrow bed’.
See bunker in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
halfway
adverb
 
 
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