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dunker

dun·ker

US/ˈdʌŋkɜr/ uncommon

noun

1.

an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it

  • “he was a dunker--he couldn”
2.

a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots

3.

an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

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Origin

From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).

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