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dunk

  [duhngk]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to dip (a doughnut, cake, etc.) into coffee, milk, or the like, before eating.
2. to submerge in a liquid: She dunked the curtains in the dye.
3. Basketball. to attempt to thrust (a ball) through the basket using a dunk shot.
–verb (used without object)
4. to dip or submerge something, oneself, etc., in a liquid: She thinks it's vulgar to dunk. Let's dunk in the pool before dinner.
5. Basketball. to execute or attempt a dunk shot.
–noun
6. any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
7. Basketball. dunk shot.
Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; < PaG dunke to dip, immerse; cf. G tunken, MHG dunken, tunken, OHG thunkōn, dunkōn

Related forms:
dunk⋅a⋅ble, adjective, noun
dunker, noun
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dunk shot

 
–noun Basketball.
a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and attempts to thrust it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim.
Also called dunk, stuff shot.

Origin:
1965–70
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dunk   (dŭngk)   
v.   dunked, dunk·ing, dunks

v.   tr.
  1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip.
  2. To dip (food) into a liquid food, such as a beverage or sauce, prior to eating.
  3. Basketball To slam (a ball) through the basket from above.
v.   intr.
  1. To submerge oneself briefly in water.
  2. Basketball To slam a ball through the basket from above.
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of dunking.
  2. A liquid or creamy food into which other foods are dunked.
  3. Basketball A dunk shot.

[Pennsylvania Dutch dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn.]
dunk'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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dunk 
1919, from Pa. Dutch dunke "to dip," from M.H.G. dunken, from O.H.G. dunkon, thunkon "to soak," from PIE base *teng- "to soak" (see tincture). Basketball sense is first recorded 1937. German-American Anabaptist sect of Dunkers (who baptize with triple immersion) first recorded by that name 1756.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : dunk
Spanish: abolladura,
German: die Beule,
Japanese: へこみ
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