sunk

[ suhngk ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of sink.

adjective
  1. Informal. beyond help; done for; washed up: If they catch you cheating, you're really sunk.

  2. Nautical. (of a forecastle or poop) raised less than a full deck above the weather deck of a ship.

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Origin of sunk

1
First recorded in 1925–30 for def. 2

Other words from sunk

  • half-sunk, adjective
  • un·sunk, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for sunk

sunk

/ (sʌŋk) /


verb
  1. a past participle of sink

adjective
  1. informal with all hopes dashed; ruined: if the police come while we're opening the safe, we'll be sunk

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