dunking

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noun

The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.

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Meanings

noundunking (plural dunkings)

plural dunkings

  1. The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.
  2. ball gamesA forceful thrust of the ball through the basket from above.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dunk

Translations

Finnish donkkaus
  • donkkausbasketball
German Eintauchen, Dunking
  • Eintauchensubmerging
  • Dunkingbasketball
Greek βούτηγμα, κάρφωμα
  • βούτηγμα (voútigma)submerging
  • κάρφωμα (kárfoma)basketball
Cite this entry
APA

dunking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunking

MLA

“dunking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunking.

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