[duhngk] 
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 6. | any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating. |
| 7. | Basketball. dunk shot. |
| 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. |
| 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. |