Dunker
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone who dunks.
- 2 One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.
- 3 an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) wordnet
- 4 A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.
- 5 A member of the Church of the Brethren.
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- 6 a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots wordnet
- 7 A biscuit that is suitable for dunking in a cup of tea.
- 8 an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it wordnet
- 9 Any snack food suitable for dunking in sauce.
- 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."
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More examples"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
From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).
From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).
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