Definition of dunking Dunking
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What does dunking mean?
Wiktionary 
- dunking (Noun)
The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool. - dunking (Noun)
Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above. - dunking (Verb)
Present participle of dunk.
Part of speech
🔤- dunking, verb, gerund of dunk (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: dunks |
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| dunk - a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket | ||
| dunk shot, stuff shot | ||
| basketball shot throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out" | ||
Verb |
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| dunk - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" | ||
| dip, souse, plunge, douse | ||
| immerse, plunge thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" | ||
| sop dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce" | ||
| duck, douse, dip to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" | ||
| dabble bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks" | ||
| dunk - dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" | ||
| dip | ||
| eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
| dunk - make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball" | ||
| shoot produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" | ||
| basketball game, hoops, basketball a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop | ||
| slam-dunk make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk | ||
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Wiktionary
- dunk (Noun)
The act of dunking, particularly in basketball. - dunk (Verb)
To submerge briefly in a liquid. - dunk (Verb)
To set down carelessly. - dunk (Verb)
To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
