dunk

verb

ˈdəŋk How to pronounce dunk (audio)
Definition of dunknext
as in to dip
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee

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Recent Examples of dunk What to serve with pickle dip Set out planks of carrots, cucumbers, and radishes for dunking. — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026 Venom dunking Who would win in a basketball game, Spider-Man or his evil doppelgänger Venom? — Owen Carry, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026 O’Neal’s motivation for DUNKMAN was to create a better dunking platform than the NBA’s current version of the Slam Dunk Contest. — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Just ask Wisconsin’s neighbor Michigan, which last week saw what seemed like a slam-dunk Democratic contest for Senate turn into a squeaker. — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunk
  1. dip
  2. duck
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  • Temperatures dipped to near 70 degrees in the morning, and noon temperatures should be in the mid-70s.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Bell transferred to Lee County, and Westover dipped to 6-4 last season.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of dip
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  • People forced to duck TikTokers and TMZ don’t want to expose every aspect of their incomes and daily lives to strangers, then live somewhere where everyone knows everyone’s business.
    — Bridget Read, Curbed, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton has so far failed to hold large campaign events and is ducking debates.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
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“Dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunk. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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