dunk has definitions from the fields of sport,basketball,food
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[ verb ] immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

Synonyms

dip douse plunge souse

Examples

"dip the garment into the cleaning solution" "dip the brush into the paint"

Used in print

(Booth Hemingway and Stuart H. Brown,...)

No bottle pool is tolerated - bottle pool being our lingo for those who come to swim and sink into our bar while protesting that they can only dunk and run .

2
[ verb ] (food) dip into a liquid while eating; as of bread in a soup or sauce

Synonyms

dip

Related terms

eat dip

3
[ verb ] (sport,basketball) make a dunk shot, in basketball

Examples

"He dunked the ball".

Related terms

shoot slam-dunk basketball

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 27758
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[ noun ] (sport,basketball) a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
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