1 : to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid 2 : to submerge oneself in water 3 : to shoot a basketball into the basket from above the rim
Dunk is the most widely used contribution Pennsylvania German (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch, with the word Dutch here being influenced by deitsch, meaning "German") has made to the English language. No one knows what we would be doing with our doughnuts and coffee, or attempting with our basketballs, if not for Pennsylvania German's perfect offering. The word traces back to an Old High German word meaning "to dip."