verb
dunk
duhngk
verb
1
To dip something briefly into a liquid.
"She loves to dunk her biscuits in tea."
"He dunked his head under the tap to cool off."
2
In basketball, to slam the ball down through the hoop while holding the rim.
"The crowd roared when he dunked over two defenders."
noun
1
The act of dunking, especially a basketball slam dunk.
"That last-second dunk won them the game."
How to Use Dunk
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo dip something in liquid, or to slam a basketball through the hoop.
Common pairings
dunk a biscuit
slam dunk
dunk the ball
Word Forms
dunked past tense, dunks plural, Dunks plural, dunks singular
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Etymology
From Pennsylvania German dunke, tracing back to Old High German dunkōn, "to dip" — the same root family that gave English "tint" and "tincture."