Dunker

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who dunks.
  2. 2
    One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
  3. 3
    an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) wordnet
  4. 4
    A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
  5. 5
    A member of the Church of the Brethren.
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  1. 6
    a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots wordnet
  2. 7
    A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
  3. 8
    an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it wordnet
  4. 9
    Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
  5. 10
    A kind of sonobuoy.

    "Active sonar, for aircraft purposes still largely associated with dunking, suffers less variability but often has less range. […] Development of both dunkers and sonobuoys continues towards lower frequencies, implying bigger arrays, and deeper deployments."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

Etymology 2

From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).

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