dunk
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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)
- To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
- To set down carelessly.
- Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
- (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.
- (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].
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NounEdit
dunk (plural dunks)
- The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
- 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.
- The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Deverbal of dunken.
NounEdit
dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)
- opinion
- Zij heeft geen hoge dunk van de nieuwe soep.
- She doesn't have a positive opinion about the new soup.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
dunk
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)
- a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
- a keg
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ReferencesEdit
- “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”).
NounEdit
dunk c
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Declension of dunk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dunk | dunken | dunkar | dunkarna |
Genitive | dunks | dunkens | dunkars | dunkarnas |
NounEdit
dunk n
DeclensionEdit
Declension of dunk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dunk | dunket | dunk | dunken |
Genitive | dunks | dunkets | dunks | dunkens |