dunk
Plural: dunks
Noun
- a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
- The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
Verb
Verb Forms: dunked, dunking, dunks
- To dip something briefly into liquid.
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- make a dunk shot, in basketball
- "He dunked the ball"
- dip into a liquid while eating
- "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
- To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- To set down carelessly.
- To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
- To put down on social media [with on].
Examples
- He managed to DUNK his last two tiles for a triple-word score, securing the win.
- I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
- Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
- She gave the biscuit a dunk in her cup of milk.
- The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
- The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Scrabble Score: 9
dunk: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddunk: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dunk: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary