Dunk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip.
  • v. To dip (food) into a liquid food, such as a beverage or sauce, prior to eating.
  • v. Basketball To slam (a ball) through the basket from above.
  • verb-intransitive. To submerge oneself briefly in water.
  • verb-intransitive. Basketball To slam a ball through the basket from above.
  • n. The act or an instance of dunking.
  • n. A liquid or creamy food into which other foods are dunked.
  • n. Basketball A dunk shot.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To submerge briefly in a liquid.
  • v. To set down carelessly.
  • v. To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
  • n. The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
  • v. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • v. dip into a liquid while eating
  • v. make a dunk shot, in basketball
  • Verb Form
    dunked    dunking    dunks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    eat   
    Cross Reference
    jam    alley oop    slam   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Funk    Monk    blunk    bunk    chunk    clunk    crunk    debunk    drunk    flunk   
    Same Context
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    prada    hogan    shox    wristlock    slam    puma    layup    evisu    burberry