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Noun: dunker
  1. An eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it
    "he was a dunker — he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in"
     
  2. A basketball player who is able to make dunk shots
    "The team's star dunker electrified the crowd with his powerful slam"
Noun: Dunker  dúng-ku(r)
  1. An adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)
    - Dunkard, Tunker

Derived forms: dunkers, Dunkers

Type of: Baptist, basketball player, basketeer, cager, eater, feeder, hoopster [N. Amer, informal]

Part of: Church of the Brethren, Dippers, Dunkers

Encyclopedia: Dunker, Henry