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   dunk

   /dʌŋk/

   verb

   • 1. dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it: "I dunked a biscuit into the cup of scalding tea"
   • ▪ immerse or dip in water: "he was dunked head first in the cold swimming pool"
   • 2. score by shooting the ball down through the basket with the hands above the rim.

   noun

   • 1. a shot downwards into the basket with the hands above the rim.

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. dunker noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

     5

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