verb

dunk

to dunk, to dip

She likes to dunk her cookie in milk.

She likes to dunk her biscuit in milk.

He can dunk the basketball with ease.

He can dunk the basketball with ease.

((sth.)) ((in sth.)) to dip (sth.) into (sth.) I like to dunk biscuits in my tea.

((sth.)) to slam (sth.) through a hoop He is tall enough to dunk the ball.

dip, immerse, submerge

From Pennsylvania German 'dunke', from German 'tunken' (to dip).

The sound 'dunk' mimics the sound of dropping something into liquid. Or, think of a basketball 'slam dunk'.

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