Meanings
comparative more bunkerish · superlative most bunkerish
- Resembling or reminiscent of a bunker.
Nor did the Last Days of Trudeau and his bunkerish behaviour help.
1999, Larry Zolf, Zolf, →ISBN, page 1122 more examples
Hole number one is a rather ordinary dogleg right; a high, bunkerish ridge on the right-hand side of the fairway is the sole unusual feature, but once over this the fairway rolls directly up into the green.
1988 October 7, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago ReaderWith the dim lights and the basement walls, it had a faintly bunkerish feel.
2009, Una McCormack, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Never Ending Sacrifice, →ISBN, page 80Synonyms: bunkeresque, bunkerlike
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling or reminiscent of a bunker.
Origin
From bunker + -ish. Piecewise doublet of bunkeresque.
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