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# dunk

verb (dunk, dunks, dunked, dunking); noun (a dunk, dunks)

«dunk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To dunk food is to dip it quickly into a drink or liquid, like a biscuit into tea or milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#m1)
2. To dunk someone or something is to push them under water for a moment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#m2)
3. In basketball, to dunk is to jump up and push the ball down through the hoop; this shot is a dunk (slam dunk). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people dunk biscuits, cookies and doughnuts. In PE and sport, a slam dunk is a powerful basketball shot. In science, «dunk test» experiments show which biscuit holds together longest. «A slam dunk» also means something certain to succeed. Phrases: «dunk a biscuit», «slam dunk».

### Examples

- He dunked his cookie in his milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x1)
- Don't dunk your biscuit too long or it will break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x2)
- The player jumped and dunked the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x3)
- We dunked our feet in the cold river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x4)
- That was an amazing slam dunk! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x5)
- She dunked the paintbrush in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x6)
- We tested which biscuit could be dunked longest without breaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Safety: dunking someone under water as a joke is dangerous; never hold anyone under water. In a science test, time how many seconds each biscuit lasts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dunk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dunk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dunk.html) on Mova free.