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See also: Dunk and dünk

English

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (to dip, submerge, dunk), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (to make wet), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (to moisten, wet).

Cognate with German tunken (to dunk), Latin tingō (to wet, moisten), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, to wet, moisten). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʌŋk/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

The basketball player wearing in white is dunking (sense 3) the ball.
  1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.
    I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
  2. To set down carelessly.
    Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
    The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
  4. (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media .

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Noun

dunk (plural dunks)

  1. The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
    The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.
    • 2009 August 18, Natalie Angier, “Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”, in New York Times:
      To rattle the rats to the point where their stress response remained demonstrably hyperactive, the researchers exposed the animals to four weeks of varying stressors: moderate electric shocks, being encaged with dominant rats, prolonged dunks in water.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)

  1. opinion
    Zij heeft geen hoge dunk van de nieuwe soep.
    She doesn't have a positive opinion about the new soup.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk.

Noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

  1. (basketball) dunk

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dunk

  1. inflection of dunken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)

  1. a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock

Etymology 2

Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)

  1. a keg
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Swedish

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dunkar på en vagn
dunkar med olivolja

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (barrel), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (tun, barrel, cask), from Latin tunna.

Noun

dunk c

  1. a (usually plastic) container shaped somewhat like a jerry can
    • 1994, Krymplings (lyrics and music), “Dunken [The jerry can]”, in Krymplings:
      Jag är dunken, skattefria dunken. Jag skänker glädje, och jag, jag skänker mod. Jag är dunken, skattefria dunken. Jag är vännen hela dan [dagen].
      I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I bring joy, and I, I bring courage. I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I'm the friend all day / a great friend
Declension
Declension of dunk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dunk dunken dunkar dunkarna
Genitive dunks dunkens dunkars dunkarnas
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Etymology 2

Deverbal from dunka.

Noun

dunk c

  1. a thump
    en ryggdunk
    a back thump (used idiomatically like "a slap on the back")
Declension
Declension of dunk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dunk dunken dunkar dunkarna
Genitive dunks dunkens dunkars dunkarnas

Noun

dunk n

  1. thumping, pounding (a dull beating sound)
    dunket från högtalarna
    the pounding of the speakers
Declension
Declension of dunk 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative dunk dunket
Genitive dunks dunkets
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Interjection

dunk

  1. (sound) bang (heavy knock or pounding)
    Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!
    Bang! Bang! Bang!
  2. (sound) oontz (sound of pounding bass)
    Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!
    Oontz! Oontz! Oontz!
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Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English dunk.

Noun

dunk c

  1. (sports) a dunk (in basketball)
Declension
Declension of dunk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dunk dunken dunkar dunkarna
Genitive dunks dunkens dunkars dunkarnas

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