dunk

See also: Dunk and dünk

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Pennsylvania German dunke, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German dunken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þunkōną (“to make wet”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌŋk/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.

   I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.

2. To set down carelessly.

   Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.

3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

   The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

4. (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].

Translations

to submerge briefly in a liquid

• Finnish: kastaa (fi)
• Greek: βουτώ (el) (voutó)
• Hungarian: márt (hu), mártogat (hu), tunkol (hu)
• Maori: kōpiro
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: мака́ть (ru) impf (makátʹ), мокну́ть (ru) pf (moknútʹ) (to dip), окуна́ть (ru) impf (okunátʹ), окуну́ть (ru) pf (okunútʹ) (to submerge, to plunge), зама́чивать (ru) impf (zamáčivatʹ), замочи́ть (ru) pf (zamočítʹ) (to soak)
• Swedish: doppa (sv)

basketball

• Catalan: esmaixar (ca)
• Cebuano: hansak
• Finnish: donkata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: καρφώνω (el) (karfóno)
• Hungarian: zsákol (hu)
• Portuguese: enterrar (pt)
• Spanish: machacar (es)

Noun

dunk (plural dunks)

1. The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

   The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.

Translations

basketball dunking

• Catalan: esmaixada (ca) f
• Finnish: donkkaus, donkki
• Greek: κάρφωμα (el) n (kárfoma)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: данк m (dank)
• Spanish: mate (es) m, donqueo m, volcada (es) f, clavada (es) f, machaque (es) m

Related terms

• dunk tank
• reverse dunk
• slam dunk
• thunderdunk

See also

• alley oop
• jam
• slam

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏŋk/

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• Hyphenation: dunk
• Rhymes: -ʏŋk

Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)

1. opinion

   Zij heeft geen hoge dunk van de nieuwe soep.

   She doesn't have a positive opinion about the new soup.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk

Noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

1. (basketball) dunk

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dunk

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of dunken
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dunken

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊŋk/

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)

1. a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)

1. a keg

Synonyms

• kagge

References

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

dunk

1. jerry can

Anagrams

• kund