DUNK


Meaning of DUNK in English

/ dʌŋk; NAmE / verb

1.

[ vn ] dunk sth (in / into sth) to put food quickly into liquid before eating it :

She sat reading a magazine, dunking cookies in her coffee.

2.

[ vn ] ( especially NAmE ) to push sb underwater for a short time, as a joke; to put sth into water :

The camera survived being dunked in the river.

3.

[ v , vn ] ( in basketball ) to jump very high and put the ball through the basket with great force from above

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: from Pennsylvanian German dunke dip, from German tunken dip or plunge.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.