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dunk

See also: Dunk and dünk

English

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Etymology

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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.

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

 
The basketball player wearing in white is 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. (transitive, intransitive, 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].

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Noun

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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 New York Times‎[1]:
      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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Etymology 1

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Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

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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

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Borrowed from English dunk.

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dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

  1. (basketball) dunk

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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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

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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

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

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

  1. a keg
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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
 
dunkar på en vagn
 
dunkar med olivolja

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna.

Noun

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dunk c

  1. a (usually plastic) container shaped somewhat like a jerry can
    • 1994, Krymplings (lyrics and music), “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"]
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Declension of dunk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dunk dunks
definite dunken dunkens
plural indefinite dunkar dunkars
definite dunkarna dunkarnas
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal from dunka.

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dunk c

  1. a thump
    en ryggdunk
    a back thump (used idiomatically like "a slap on the back")
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Declension of dunk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dunk dunks
definite dunken dunkens
plural indefinite dunkar dunkars
definite dunkarna dunkarnas

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dunk n

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

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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

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Unadapted borrowing from English dunk.

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dunk c

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