dunk

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/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Verb

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

A basketball player dunking (sense 3) the ball.
  1. (transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid.
    I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
  2. (transitive) To set down carelessly.
    Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
  3. (ambitransitive, 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 [with on].

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: dunken

Translations

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.
    She gave the biscuit a dunk in her cup of milk.
    • 2009 August 18, Natalie Angier, “Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 April 2025:
      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

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

Etymology 1

    Deverbal from 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. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
        3. imperative

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /dʊŋk/

      Etymology 1

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      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

      From Middle Low German tunneke. Doublet of tønne.

      Noun

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

      1. a keg
        Synonym: kagge
      2. a jerrycan
      3. clipping of vindunk (“box wine”)

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      Swedish

      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, “Dunken [The [plastic] jerry can]”, in Krymplings‎[2]:
            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 [give] joy, and I, I [redundant "jag"] bring courage. I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I'm the friend all day / a great friend ["hela da(ge)n" (all day) is a colloquial, idiomatic expression of praise, most commonly as "grabben hela dan"]
        Declension
        Declension of dunk
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite dunk dunks
        definite dunken dunkens
        plural indefinite dunkar dunkars
        definite dunkarna dunkarnas
        Derived terms
        See also

        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
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite dunk dunks
          definite dunken dunkens
          plural indefinite dunkar dunkars
          definite dunkarna dunkarnas

          Noun

          dunk n

          1. thumping, pounding (a dull beating sound)
            dunket från högtalarna
            the pounding of the speakers
          Declension
          Declension of dunk
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite dunk dunks
          definite dunket dunkets
          plural indefinite — —
          definite — —
          Derived terms

          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. (basketball) a dunk
            Declension
            Declension of dunk
            nominative genitive
            singular indefinite dunk dunks
            definite dunken dunkens
            plural indefinite dunkar dunkars
            definite dunkarna dunkarnas

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