dunkfest

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noun

A game involving many dunks.

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Meanings

noundunkfest (plural dunkfests)

plural dunkfests

  1. rareslangball gamesA game involving many dunks.

    A WORTHY DUNKFEST: Worthy's 28 points in the game included five dunks.

    2006, Jimmy Black, Scott Fowler, Jimmy Black's Tales from the Tar Heels
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    Another Ridgewood Y regular described seeing Dalton get into a trash-talking dunkfest on a tough playground in Miami.

    2004, Timothy Harper, Doing Good: Inspirational Stories Of Everyday Americans At Home And At Work

    Bryant joined Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins and Vince Carter as judges of the dunk contest Saturday night, an event that paled in comparison with Sunday night’s dunkfest, led by Bryant, Amare Stoudemire and Vince Carter.

    2007 February 19, Liz Robbins, “On Star-Studded Stage, Bryant Proves the Best”, in New York Times

    The conclusion itself turned into the kind of dunkfest for bench players usually reserved for rec league blowouts.

    2007, Roland Lazenby, Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long Strange Journey

Origin

From dunk + -fest.

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APA

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

MLA

“dunkfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunkfest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunkfest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunkfest.

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