bunkering

Verb

bunker (third-person singular simple present bunkers, present participle bunkering, simple past and past participle bunkered)

1. (transitive) To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.
2. (intransitive) To take a load of coal or fuel oil for its engine.
3. (Nigeria, transitive) To steal bunker fuel by illicitly siphoning it off.
4. (transitive) To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; (chiefly passive voice) to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.
   1. (UK, idiomatic, informal, transitive) To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.
      • Proteus. Or we resign and tell the country that we cant carry on the King's Government under conditions which destroy our responsibility. / Balbus. Thatll do it. He couldnt face that. / Crassus. Yes: thatll bunker him.1928 December (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, London: Constable and Company, published 1930, →OCLC, Act I, page 18
5. (transitive) To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.

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