dunk

Meaning

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].

dip

immerse

stuff shot

put in water

drag into

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌŋk/

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.