dunk

Meaning

Verb

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.
2. To set down carelessly.
3. To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
4. To put down on social media [with on].

Noun

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

Concepts

dunk

dip

immerse

plunge

soak

souse

douse

duck

dunk shot

stuff shot

submerge

harden

season

steel

temper

toughen

drench

get rid of

imbue

saturate

sink

drag into

wet

slam-dunk

slam dunk

baptise

baptize

christen

dabble

puddle

sop

dip into

immersion

submergence

turn flukes

put in water

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌŋk/

Etymology

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.