dunk

verb

ˈdəŋk How to pronounce dunk (audio)
Definition of dunknext
as in to dip
to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid dunking a doughnut in one's morning coffee

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Recent Examples of dunk Keep them out for dunking into your morning coffee, save one for an afternoon or after-dinner treat, or grab the box to bring along on an October outing to the pumpkin patch or a hayride. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 30 Sep. 2026 Later, she’s brought in a police car to a nearby pond, strapped to an excavator and dunked into the water as a crowd of anti-immigrant protestors cheer on the public execution. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 Full marks to Seattle’s defense but Marcus Mariota is a capable backup quarterback who can dink and dunk with the best of them, keeping the Commanders in the game. — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Love, born Darlene Wright in 1941, shuttled between Los Angeles and Texas and spent her first 15 years in church, dunked in gospel as much as Aretha or Ray Charles were. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dunk
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  1. dip
  2. duck
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  • As for gas, it has usually been treated as a waste product to be burned off; because there are so few pipelines to bring it to market, West Texas gas prices have even dipped negative this year.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Uncover dough, dip your hand in water and stretch one side of dough up and over to meet opposite side; turn bowl 90°.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of dip
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  • Well, about four songs in, Jackson Browne decides to start his spiel about 'No Nukes' and how there was a nuke plant near Champaign, and everyone should 'duck and cover' or some crap like that.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Lastly, try ducking into Casey Rubber Stamps, founded in 1979, in the West Village, and a neighborhood fixture since 2003.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Dunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunk. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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