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Definition dunk

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunk?n (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-Germanic *þunk?n? (“to make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin ting? (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek ????? (téng?, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.
2. To set down carelessly.
3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

Noun

dunk (plural dunks)

1. The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

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