dunk
pronunciation
How to pronounce dunk in British English:
UK [dʌŋk]
How to pronounce dunk in American English:
US [dʌŋk]
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- Noun:
- a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
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- Verb:
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- make a dunk shot, in basketball
- dip into a liquid while eating
Word Origin
- dunk (v.)
- 1919, American English, from Pennsylvania German dunke "to dip," from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkon, thunkon "to soak," from PIE root *teng- "to soak" (see tincture). Basketball sense is first recorded 1937 as a verb, 1971 as a noun (earlier dunk shot). German-American Anabaptist sect of Dunkers (who baptize with triple immersion) first recorded by that name 1756.
Example
- 1. Andre is our best rebounder , and he can dunk .
- 2. For a guy with major hops ( of which he showed a few years back in the slam dunk contest ) , he does not rebound nearly enough and plays pillow-soft defense .
- 3. The mission was by no means a slam dunk .
- 4. Nike dunk low priority huf quake .
- 5. Nike dunk high premium dark charcoal solar flare .