dunked; dunking; dunks
1
: to dip (something, such as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating
2
: to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid
3
: to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim see also dunk on
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Examples of dunk in a Sentence
Verb
I like to dunk my doughnut in my coffee.
She dunked him while they were swimming.
He dunked the ladle into the soup.
He could dunk when he was 16.
Noun
The pass led to a dunk.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Flavored with buffalo-style hot sauce, this recipe channels the spirit of buffalo wings dunked in ranch.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Slowly as the game wore on James played with more confidence — making his first three of the preseason and catching a lob from Olivari for his first dunk as a pro.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The number of QBs making plays with their legs or the amount of dink and dunk passing might be shocking to a fan who time traveled from the 1970s and stumbled into an NFL stadium in 2024.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Flavored with buffalo-style hot sauce, this recipe channels the spirit of buffalo wings dunked in ranch.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
The rejection on the defensive end into a lob to Jackson-Davis for a fast-break dunk was his best play of the season.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Slowly as the game wore on James played with more confidence — making his first three of the preseason and catching a lob from Olivari for his first dunk as a pro.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dunk. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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