bunker up

verb

To fuel up a ship, or sometimes other modes of conveyance.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person bunkers up · participle present bunkering up · participle past bunkered up · past bunkered up

  1. intransitiveTo fuel up a ship, or sometimes other modes of conveyance.
  2. intransitiveTo bunker down; to build or stock a bunker.
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Chicago

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