dunk
Senso
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- To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- To set down carelessly.
- To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
- To put down on social media [with on].
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/dʌŋk/
Etimologia
From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, 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.
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