| VERB | contact | dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | dunk | make a dunk shot, in basketball | |
| consumption | dunk, dip | dip into a liquid / liquid while eating | |
| NOUN | act | dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
| Sounds | dah'ngk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | bunk ... trunk: 19 rhymes with ahngk... | |
| Meaning | A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket. | |
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| Synonyms | dunk shot, stuff shot | |
| Narrower | slam dunk | A forceful dunk |
| Broader | basketball shot | Throwing the basketball toward the hoop |
| Spanish | dunk | |
| Catalan | dunk | |
| Verbs | dunk | make a dunk shot, in basketball |
| Meaning | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | dip, souse, plunge, douse | |
| Narrower | dabble | dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid / liquid |
| dip, douse, duck | dip into a liquid / liquid | |
| sop | dip into liquid / liquid | |
| Broader | immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into |
| Spanish | bañar, empapar, meter en agua, mojar, poner en remojo, remojar, rociar, sumergir, zambullir | |
| Catalan | amarar, banyar, mullar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | Dunkard | an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion) |
| Meaning | make a dunk shot, in basketball. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He dunked the ball" | |
| Category | basketball, basketball game, hoops | A game / game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players |
| Narrower | slam-dunk | make a slam dunk |
| Broader | shoot | Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective |
| Spanish | lanzar un mate, realizar una volcada | |
| Nouns | dunk | a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
| Meaning | dip into a liquid / liquid while eating. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" | |
| Synonym | dip | |
| Broader | immerse, plunge | thrust or throw into |
| Spanish | mojar, remojar | |
| Catalan | submergir | |
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