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Synonyms for dunk
dʌŋk
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Princeton's WordNet
dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot(verb)
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
Synonyms:
stuff shot, dunk shotdunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse(verb)
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, absorbdunk(verb)
make a dunk shot, in basketball
"He dunked the ball"
dunk, dip(verb)
dip into a liquid while eating
"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #3232 | launch | |
| #7123 | duck | |
| #7140 | dive | |
| #7229 | sink | |
| #8056 | dump | |
| #9094 | dip | |
| #9389 | dim | |
| #12815 | steep | |
| #15816 | absorb | |
| #19340 | soak | |
| #19555 | plunge | |
| #23797 | dunk | |
| #25667 | sop | |
| #40642 | immerse | |
| #43203 | cinch | |
| #67252 | drench | |
| #73698 | engulf | |
| #95819 | plunk | |
| #110802 | douse | |
| #145615 | dowse | |
| #233923 | engross |
How to use dunk in a sentence?
Its just a mouse with wings, when you cant dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news. So thats what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didnt think it was a big deal. Im going to be retiring soon if anybody has a pest problem.
If Joe Biden think that trade union support is a slam dunk, they are sorely mistaken, as for Joe Biden, I am not sure where Joe Biden is on these issues. Haven't seen Joe Biden a long time.
That was quite a slam dunk, they scaled it very impressively and in a short period of time.
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.
Not a slam dunk, but we’re confident that we can win on the federal court level.
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