dunk out

verb

To extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person dunks out · participle present dunking out · participle past dunked out · past dunked out

  1. transitiveTo extinguish (a flame or lit cigarette) by dunking it into a liquid.

    "They'll stall," Walt said and dunked out his cigarette.

    1998, William Hoffman, Tidewater Blood
  2. misconstructionMisconstruction of dump out (“empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface”).
  3. misconstructionMisconstruction of duck out.
Cite this entry
APA

dunk out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunk%20out

MLA

“dunk out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunk%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunk out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunk%20out.

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