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verb (used with object) to dip (a doughnut, cake, etc.) into coffee, milk, or the like, before eating.
to submerge in a liquid: She dunked the curtains in the dye.
Basketball . to attempt to thrust (a ball) through the basket using a dunk shot.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to dip or submerge something, oneself, etc., in a liquid: She thinks it's vulgar to dunk. Let's dunk in the pool before dinner.
Basketball . to execute or attempt a dunk shot.
noun any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
Basketball . dunk shot.
Origin of dunk 1865–70,
Americanism ;<Pennsylvania German
dunke to dip, immerse; compare German
tunken, Middle High German
dunken, tunken, Old High German
thunkōn, dunkōn
OTHER WORDS FROM dunk dunk·a·ble, adjective, noun dunker, noun Words nearby dunk dunghill, Dunham, duniewassal, dunite, duniwassal, dunk , Dunker, Dunkerque, dunking, Dunkirk, dunk shot
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Example sentences from the Web for dunk What it did do was drag him down, as though my shot had dropped him into the dunk tank at the state fair.
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They also wondered why this second dunk would be more valid, without three rabbis present.
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In some basketball accounts of the mid 1900s, “dunk ” simply meant to score in any way.
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The Gatorade dunk is a perfect example, which has been a Super Bowl tradition since 1987.
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As recently as March, HBO wouldn't comment on rumors surrounding a Dunk and Egg prequel series.
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To Dunk he had gone, then, and had told much the same story he had related to Andy, giving it a different twist.
Andy at Yale | Roy Eliot Stokes
The boys, like Dunk , had simply made the mistake of taking too much for granted.
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Andy tried to get Dunk interested in football, and did to a certain extent.
Andy at Yale | Roy Eliot Stokes
A second later a shot from Dunk 's rifle stilled the great bird's fluttering form forever.
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Somehow the miserable day following the miserable night ended, and Andy was again back in the room with Dunk .
Andy at Yale | Roy Eliot Stokes
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British Dictionary definitions for dunk verb to dip (bread, etc) in tea, soup, etc, before eating
to submerge or be submerged in liquid
Derived forms of dunk dunker , noun Word Origin for dunk C20: from Pennsylvania Dutch, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn; see duck ², tinge
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