dunk

C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /dʌŋk/ UK /dʌŋk/ See IPA manual

verb noun

Meanings

1

verb
to dip into liquid; to thrust a basketball downward through the hoop

She liked to dunk her biscuit in her morning tea.

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1 verb · to dip into liquid; to... dip immerse submergedouseplunge souse

Word family

Derived forms dunkerdunking

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German 'dunke' ('to dip'), from German 'tunken' ('to dip, soak'), from Old High German 'dunkon', from a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'to dip'.

tunken German dunkōn Old High German

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# dunk

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** dʌŋk
**IPA (UK):** dʌŋk

## Meanings
1. to dip into liquid; to thrust a basketball downward through the hoop

## Examples
- She liked to dunk her biscuit in her morning tea.

## Synonyms
- dip
- immerse
- submerge
- douse
- plunge
- souse

## Derived Forms
- dunker
- dunking

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tunken
- Root: dunkōn

## Etymology
From Pennsylvania German 'dunke' ('to dip'), from German 'tunken' ('to dip, soak'), from Old High German 'dunkon', from a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'to dip'.

## AI Etymology
Dunk comes from Pennsylvania German 'dunke' ('to dip'), from German 'tunken' ('to dip, soak'), from Old High German 'dunkon', from a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'to dip'. The etymological trail includes German tunken and Old High German dunkōn. As a verb, dunk means to dip into liquid; to thrust a basketball downward through the hoop. The same family is visible in derived forms such as dunker and dunking.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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