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Dunk has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

"She leaped high to dunk the ball, sending it straight down through the hoop for two points."

2

The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

"He jumped high to slam the ball through the hoop for a powerful dunk at the end of the game."

Verb
1

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

"dip the garment into the cleaning solution"

"dip the brush into the paint"

2

make a dunk shot, in basketball

"He dunked the ball"

3

dip into a liquid while eating

"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

4

To submerge briefly in a liquid.

"Before putting the bagel in the toaster, I dunked it quickly into my coffee to soften the crust."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The Dunk family has lived on this farm for three generations, and my great-grandfather was a well-known farmer named John Dunk."

Example Sentences
"dip the garment into the cleaning solution" verb
"dip the brush into the paint" verb
"He dunked the ball" verb
"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" verb
See Also
dunk tank tomahawk jam reverse dunk thunderdunk tea bag slam dunk windmill
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
basketball shot immerse shoot
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
slam dunk sop dip dabble slam-dunk
Rhyming Words
sunk bunk munk lunk punk hunk junk funk tunk gunk frunk plunk slunk drunk krunk flunk crunk stunk chunk thunk
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