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dunk
[duhngk]
–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
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
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. |
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dunk (dŭngk) v. dunked, dunk·ing, dunks v. tr.
[Pennsylvania Dutch dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn.] dunk'er n. |
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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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