dunk out

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

  1. (transitive) To extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid.
    • 1998, William Hoffman, Tidewater Blood:
      "They'll stall," Walt said and dunked out his cigarette.
  2. Misconstruction of dump out (empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface)
  3. Misconstruction of duck out