dunk
/dʌŋk/
noun
- An act of dipping something into a liquid.
- The recipe calls for a dunk in cold water after boiling.
- A dunk in the pool is the best way to cool down.
- Give your biscuit a quick dunk in your tea.
- A basketball shot made by jumping and pushing the ball down through the hoop.
- He scored with a powerful two-handed dunk.
- She practiced her dunk until she could do it easily.
- The crowd cheered after the spectacular dunk.
verb
- To dip something into a liquid, especially food into a drink.
- She likes to dunk her cookies in milk.
- At breakfast, I always dunk my toast in my coffee.
- He dunked the bread into the soup to soften it.
- In basketball, to score by jumping and thrusting the ball down through the hoop.
- LeBron James can dunk the ball with incredible power.
- She dunked over two defenders to win the game.
- The player tried to dunk but missed the rim.
- To submerge something briefly in a liquid.
- She dunked the mop into the bucket of soapy water.
- He dunked his shirt in the river to cool off.
- The chef dunked the vegetables in boiling water for a minute.