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dunk

/dʌŋk/noun, verb1 syllable

Dunk means: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.

Synonyms for dunk6

noun, as in a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

dunk shot, stuff shot

verb, as in immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

dip, souse, plunge, douse

verb, as in dip into a liquid while eating

What does dunk mean?4

verb

1

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate“dip the garment into the cleaning solution”

2

dip into a liquid while eating“She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”

3

make a dunk shot, in basketball“He dunked the ball”

noun

1

a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dunk?12

one syllable

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Dunk in a sentence

  • I like to dunk my fries in my milkshake.ddnktr
  • It looks like a slam dunk.CM
  • I often dunk crispbread into my tea.sundown
  • Merrick Garland has a slam dunk case against Trump.sacredceltic
  • Tom likes to dunk his biscuit in his coffee.patgfisher

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of dunk

as a noun

plural
dunks

as a verb

past tense
dunked
present participle
dunking
third-person singular
dunks
past participle
dunked