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Dunk - English meaning

Dunk – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

Usage examples:

I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea
verb

Score by shooting the ball down through the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

He lined up 4 guys under the basket and dunked over all of them.
noun

A shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

I was making everything: jump shots, lay-ups, dunks.
verb

A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

Dunk translation into English

Dunk: translate from English into Chinese

Translate dunk into Chinese (Simplified)}
扣篮, 泡, 蘸

Dunk: translate from English into Dutch

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Dunk, Indopen, Inslopen, Bevochtigen, Nat maken

Dunk: translate from English into French

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Tremper

Dunk: translate from English into German

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Eintauchen, Tunken, Eintunken, Stippen

Dunk: translate from English into Hindi

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डुबोना, डुबो देना, डुबाना, डुबा देना

Dunk: translate from English into Italian

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Schiacciato, Inzuppare

Dunk: translate from English into Korean

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덩크, 커피에 적시다, 커피에 담그다, 홍차에 적시다, 홍차에 담그다

Dunk: translate from English into Russian

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Замочить, Макать, Смочить

Dunk: translate from English into Spanish

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Remojar, Mojar una galleta

Word origin

early 20th century: from Pennsylvanian German dunke ‘dip’, from German tunken ‘dip or plunge’.

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Dunk – similar words

dunked

verb

Dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

Usage examples:

I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea
noun

A shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

Usage examples:

I was making everything: jump shots, lay-ups, dunks.
Dunked - all meanings in English

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