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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Jon Becker, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026
Order it with the beef-fat fries and dunk deliciously away.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026
Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Weems finished the half with 20 points, including two lob dunks.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Verb
McCray finished shooting 10 of 17 — including a thunderous windmill dunk off a steal.
—Jon Becker, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026
Order it with the beef-fat fries and dunk deliciously away.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
Wembanyama blocked Kris Dunn’s reverse layup, creating a fast break that ended with an alley-oop dunk by Carter Bryant.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Weems finished the half with 20 points, including two lob dunks.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunk. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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