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Noun: dunk  dúngk
  1. A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
    - dunk shot, stuff shot, slam dunk
Verb: dunk  dúngk
  1. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    "dunk the garment into the cleaning solution";
    - dip, souse, plunge, douse
     
  2. (basketball) make a dunk shot, in basketball
    "He dunked the ball"
     
  3. (of food) put into a liquid to absorb some of it
    "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce";
    - dip

Derived forms: dunked, dunking, dunks

Type of: basketball shot, immerse, plunge, shoot, shot

Encyclopedia: Dunk, William