noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.
2. 2
   Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of dunk form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

baptismbrewingburialdipdippingdousing

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