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dunk

Pronunciation: /dʌŋk/
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Definition of dunk

verb

  • 1 [with object] dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it:I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea
  • immerse or dip in water:he was dunked head first in the cold swimming pool
  • 2 [no object] Basketball score by shooting the ball down through the basket with the hands above the rim.

noun

Basketball
  • a shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Derivatives

dunker

noun

Origin:

early 20th century: from Pennsylvanian German dunke 'dip', from German tunken 'dip or plunge'

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