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dunk

UK/dʌŋk/ US/ˈdʌŋk/ fairly common
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

  • “dip the garment into the cleaning solution”
  • “dip the brush into the paint”
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2.

make a dunk shot, in basketball

  • “He dunked the ball”
3.

dip into a liquid while eating

  • “She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”
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noun

1.

a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

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Origin

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Phrases

  • dunk on
  • dunk out

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