dunk

¹dunk

verb \ˈdəŋk\

Definition of DUNK

transitive verb

1

: to dip (as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating

2

: to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid

3

: to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim

intransitive verb

1

: to submerge oneself in water

2

: to make a dunk shot in basketball

Examples of DUNK

1. I like to dunk my doughnut in my coffee.
2. She dunked him while they were swimming.
3. He dunked the ladle into the soup.
4. He could dunk when he was 16.

Origin of DUNK

Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn — more at tinge

First Known Use: 1919

Related to DUNK

Synonyms

douse (also dowse), duck, dip, immerse, souse, sop, submerge, submerse

Related Words

bathe, moisten, soak, steep, wet; drench, drown, flood; dive, plunge, thrust

Rhymes with DUNK

bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, junk, monk, plunk, punk, skunk, spunk, sunk, thunk, trunk

²dunk

noun

Definition of DUNK

: the act or action of dunking; especially : dunk shot

Examples of DUNK

1. The pass led to a dunk.

First Known Use of DUNK

circa 1944

Other Field and Goal Sports Terms

crease, lateral, lax, overthrow, playbook, post, screen, scrum, secondary, ultimate