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dunk udnk dnuk nduk undk nudk dukn udkn dkun kdun ukdn kudn dnku ndku dknu kdnu nkdu kndu unkd nukd uknd kund nkud knud

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Definitions and meaning of dunk

dunk

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/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Verb

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

1. To submerge briefly in a liquid.

2. To set down carelessly.

3. (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

4. (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].

Derived terms

• dunk on
• dunk out

Translations

Noun

dunk (plural dunks)

1. The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏŋk/
• Hyphenation: dunk
• Rhymes: -ʏŋk

Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)

1. opinion

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

• IPA^(key): /dʊŋk/

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

Synonyms

• kagge

References

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

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

Declension

Derived terms

• bensindunk (“small gas (petrol) can”)
• jeepdunk (“jerry can”)

See also

• jerrykanna (“jerry can (Finland)”)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from dunka.

Noun

dunk c

1. a thump

Declension

Noun

dunk n

1. thumping, pounding (a dull beating sound)

Declension

Derived terms

• dunka-dunka
• EPA-dunk

Interjection

dunk

1. (sound) bang (heavy knock or pounding)

2. (sound) oontz (sound of pounding bass)

Coordinate terms

• knack (“knock”)

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English dunk.

Noun

dunk c

1. (sports) a dunk (in basketball)

Declension

Related terms

• dunka

References

• dunk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dunk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dunk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kund