dunked; dunking; dunks
1
: to dip (something, such 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 see also dunk on
Examples of dunk in a Sentence
Verb
I like to dunk my doughnut in my coffee.
She dunked him while they were swimming.
He dunked the ladle into the soup.
He could dunk when he was 16.
Noun
The pass led to a dunk.
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2025
The incident, which has since gone viral on social media, occurred in the final minutes of Wednesday’s contest after redshirt freshman Allen Graves drove to the basket, dunking over Utah Tech guard Chance Trujillo.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Dec. 2025
Working one at a time, dunk and roll half of the ladyfingers (about 12) in the bourbon mixture until just starting to soak and soften, about 6 seconds per cookie.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
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Verb
After Brandon Ingram’s dynamic scoring kept them afloat in the first quarter, the Raptors scored just one bucket — a Scottie Barnes dunk off a broken play — during Ingram’s time on the bench to start the second.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2025
The incident, which has since gone viral on social media, occurred in the final minutes of Wednesday’s contest after redshirt freshman Allen Graves drove to the basket, dunking over Utah Tech guard Chance Trujillo.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Noun
Prior to netting those career-best 33 points against the Bulls, making 11 of 19 attempts from the floor that included a rare two-handed dunk in the first quarter, Knueppel stood at center court with Kia representative Keith Tooley.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Dec. 2025
Working one at a time, dunk and roll half of the ladyfingers (about 12) in the bourbon mixture until just starting to soak and soften, about 6 seconds per cookie.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunk. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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