: one that dunks
especially
: a basketball player who makes dunk shots
variants
or Dunkard
: a member of the Church of the Brethren or any of several other originally German Baptist denominations practicing trine immersion and love feasts and refusing to take oaths or to perform military service
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Game 5 was the summation of his work in the dunker spot with his instinctive cutting.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Usually, Gordon camps in the dunker spot along the baseline and catches lobs from Jokic, sometimes decoyed as floaters.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
The fifth-year senior’s first bucket of any kind came nearly 18 minutes into the game and the shot was a 16-footer from the elbow — the exact kind of midrange shot Nate Oats’ team of dunkers and 3-point specialists avoids.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The dunker spot will, in all likelihood, be covered.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Game 5 was the summation of his work in the dunker spot with his instinctive cutting.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Usually, Gordon camps in the dunker spot along the baseline and catches lobs from Jokic, sometimes decoyed as floaters.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2025
The fifth-year senior’s first bucket of any kind came nearly 18 minutes into the game and the shot was a 16-footer from the elbow — the exact kind of midrange shot Nate Oats’ team of dunkers and 3-point specialists avoids.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Dunker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunker. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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