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Antonyms for dunk
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  1. dunk, dunk shot, stuff shotverb

    a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

    Synonyms:
    stuff shot, dunk shot

  2. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, plunge, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorb

  3. dunkverb

    make a dunk shot, in basketball

    "He dunked the ball"

    Synonyms:
    douse, plunge, souse, dip

  4. dunk, dipverb

    dip into a liquid while eating

    "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

    Synonyms:
    plunge, duck, douse, souse, dip, dim, sink

How to use dunk in a sentence?

  1. Anthony Edwards:

    The zebras, man. I don’t know. If I’m refereeing that game and you dunk on someone like that, I’m not calling a charge. And you're at home? I’m not calling a charge.

  2. Richard Kurland:

    I think the defense has a slam dunk. There are no Iranian sanctions in Canada and anything (the prosecutors bring up) that's related to an Iranian sanction in Canada may well be dismissed.

  3. Cam Savage:

    This is not a Freedom Caucus district. ... The idea that this is some kind of slam dunk is crazy, it takes a certain kind of person to win this district.

  4. Brittney Griner:

    It was turning out to be such a great night. A dunk, won some money for a fan, had over 600 shoes brought in, it definitely didnt turn out that way at the end.

  5. Gwen Carr:

    Don't think that this is going to be a slam dunk, even though you have a video, i had a video for the whole world to see and they still didn't indict any cops in my son's case.

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