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Meaning of dunk in English
Pronunciation
/dəŋk/
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Verb
dunk
Etymology
early 20th century: from Pennsylvanian German dunke‘dip’, from German tunken‘dip or plunge’
Definitions
1.
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
Examples
« dip the garment into the cleaning solution »
« dip the brush into the paint »
2.
make a dunk shot, in basketball
Examples
« He dunked the ball »
3.
dip into a liquid while eating
Examples
« She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce »
Noun
dunk
Definitions
1.
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket