dunk

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną (“to make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

• IPA^(key): /dʌŋk/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

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

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.

   I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.

2. To set down carelessly.

   Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.

3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

   The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

dunk (plural dunks)

1. The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

   The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.

• dunk tank
• reverse dunk
• slam dunk
• thunderdunk

• alley oop
• jam
• slam

• IPA^(key): /dʏŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ʏŋk

Deverbative of dunken

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)

1. opinion

dunk

1. first-person singular present indicative of dunken
2. imperative of dunken

Borrowed from English dunk

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

1. (basketball) dunk

• IPA^(key): /dʊŋk/

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)

1. a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)

1. a keg

• kagge

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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1. jerry can