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Dunk

//dʌŋk// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A locality in Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, which includes the Family Islands; one is Dunk Island, named after George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

    "The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk."

  2. 2
    a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To submerge briefly in a liquid. transitive

    "I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider."

  2. 2
    dip into a liquid while eating wordnet
  3. 3
    To set down carelessly. transitive

    "Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV."

  4. 4
    immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate wordnet
  5. 5
    To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power. ambitransitive

    "The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority."

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  1. 6
    make a dunk shot, in basketball wordnet
  2. 7
    To put down on social media [with on]. Internet, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Etymology 2

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

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