Tom likes to dunk his biscuit in his coffee.
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Dunk
//dʌŋk//
Synonyms for "dunk" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
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Related words (18)
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13 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
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7 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- zhyt verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- zhyt verb (basketball)
Arabic
1 entries- رَمْيَة سَاحِقَة noun (basketball dunking)
Bulgarian
3 entries- забивка noun (basketball dunking)
- забивам verb (basketball)
- потапям verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Catalan
2 entries- esmaixada noun (basketball dunking)
- esmaixar verb (basketball)
Cebuano
1 entries- hansak verb (basketball)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 入樽 verb (basketball)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 扣籃 /扣篮 noun (basketball dunking)
- 灌籃 /灌篮 noun (basketball dunking)
- 扣籃 /扣篮 verb (basketball)
- 灌籃 /灌篮 verb (basketball)
Czech
2 entries- smeč noun (basketball dunking)
- smeč verb (basketball)
Faroese
2 entries- dyppa verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- dýva verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Finnish
4 entries- donkkaus noun (basketball dunking)
- donkki noun (basketball dunking)
- donkata verb (basketball)
- kastaa verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
German
2 entries- eintunken verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- tunken verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Greek
3 entries- κάρφωμα noun (basketball dunking)
- βουτώ verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- καρφώνω verb (basketball)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pākī verb (basketball)
Hungarian
4 entries- márt verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- mártogat verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- tunkol verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- zsákol verb (basketball)
Icelandic
1 entries- dýfa verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Italian
2 entries- schiacciata noun (basketball dunking)
- schiacciata verb (basketball)
Korean
3 entries- 꽂아넣기 noun (basketball dunking)
- 덩크 noun (basketball dunking)
- 덩크 슛 noun (basketball dunking)
Malay
1 entries- celup verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Māori
1 entries- kōpiro verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Polish
4 entries- hejtować verb (social media)
- wsad verb (basketball)
- zanurzać verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- zanurzyć verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Portuguese
3 entries- enterrada noun (basketball dunking)
- enterrar verb (basketball)
- molhar verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Russian
4 entries- данк noun (basketball dunking)
- зама́чивать verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- замочи́ть verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- мака́ть verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Scots
1 entries- douk verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
Sicilian
1 entries- scacciata verb (basketball)
Spanish
4 entries- capuz noun (basketball dunking)
- chapuz noun (basketball dunking)
- chapuzón noun (basketball dunking)
- clavada noun (basketball dunking)
Swedish
2 entries- doppa verb (to submerge briefly in a liquid — see also dip)
- dunka verb (basketball)
Turkish
2 entries- smaç noun (basketball dunking)
- smaç basmak verb (basketball)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
It looks like a slam dunk.
Source: tatoeba (3724440)
With yesterday's stale bread, my mother would make slices and fry them in olive oil to make us some delicious picatostes. Then, we'd spread chocolate on them or dunk them right in our cups.
Source: tatoeba (9321097)
When you mention that centre, who is "Slam Dunk" Shouhoku?
Source: tatoeba (9983712)
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