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.
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Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; < Pennsylvania German dunke to dip, immerse; compare German tunken, Middle High German dunken, tunken, Old High German thunkōn, dunkōn
1865–70, Americanism; < Pennsylvania German dunke to dip, immerse; compare German tunken, Middle High German dunken, tunken, Old High German thunkōn, dunkōn
Related forms
dunk·a·ble, adjective, noun
dunk·er, noun
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to dip (bread, etc) in tea, soup, etc, before eating |
| 2. | to submerge or be submerged in liquid |
| [C20: from Pennsylvania Dutch, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn; see | |
| 'dunker | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Example sentences
Yeah, everyone says the second trilogy was a slam dunk.
Even warm up your throwing arm and take your revenge on the lifeguards at the dunk tank.
Stephanie did reserve us the bounce house and dunk tank again.
But even more important than the hominid bones was the slam dunk evidence for the ecological context the creature had inhabited.
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