dunk

See also: Dunk and dünk

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌŋk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Verb

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. To submerge briefly in a liquid.

   I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.

2. 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 [+ on (object)].

Derived terms

• dunk on
• dunk out

Translations

to submerge briefly in a liquid

• Bulgarian: потапям (bg) (potapjam)
• Faroese: dyppa, dýva
• Finnish: kastaa (fi)
• German: tunken (de), eintunken (de)
• Greek: βουτώ (el) (voutó)
• Hungarian: márt (hu), mártogat (hu), tunkol (hu)
• Maori: kōpiro
• Polish: zanurzać (pl) impf, zanurzyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: molhar (pt)
• Russian: мака́ть (ru) impf (makátʹ), мокну́ть (ru) pf (moknútʹ) (to dip), окуна́ть (ru) impf (okunátʹ), окуну́ть (ru) pf (okunútʹ) (to submerge, to plunge), зама́чивать (ru) impf (zamáčivatʹ), замочи́ть (ru) pf (zamočítʹ) (to soak)
• Scots: douk
• Swedish: doppa (sv)

basketball

• Bulgarian: забивам (bg) (zabivam)
• Catalan: esmaixar (ca)
• Cebuano: hansak
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 入樽 (jap⁶ zeon¹)

  Mandarin: 扣籃／扣篮 (zh) (kòulán), 灌籃／灌篮 (zh) (guànlán), 入樽 (zh) (rùzūn)

• Finnish: donkata (fi)
• Greek: καρφώνω (el) (karfóno)
• Hungarian: zsákol (hu)
• Italian: schiacciata (it) f
• Polish: wsad (pl) m
• Portuguese: enterrar (pt)
• Spanish: machacar (es), hacer un mate
• Swedish: dunka (sv)
• Turkish: smaç basmak

social media

• Polish: hejtować (pl) impf, zhejtować pf

Noun

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.

   • 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.

Translations

basketball dunking

• Bulgarian: забивка (zabivka)
• Catalan: esmaixada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扣籃／扣篮 (zh) (kòulán)

• Finnish: donkkaus (act or instance), donkki (instance)
• Greek: κάρφωμα (el) n (kárfoma)
• Italian: schiacciata (it) f
• Portuguese: enterrada (pt) f
• Russian: данк m (dank)
• Spanish: mate (es) m, donqueo m, volcada (es) f, clavada (es) f, machaque (es) m
• Turkish: smaç (tr)

Related terms

• dunk shot
• dunk tank
• reverse dunk
• slam dunk
• thunderdunk

 

See also

• alley oop
• jam
• slam

 

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʏŋk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: dunk
• Rhymes: -ʏŋk

Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

Noun

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

Borrowed from English dunk.

Noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

1. (basketball) dunk

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dunk

1. inflection of dunken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʊŋk/

Etymology 1

Noun

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

Noun

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

1. a keg

Synonyms

• kagge

References

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

dunkar på en vagn

dunkar med olivolja

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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:

     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"]

Declension

Declension of dunk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dunk	dunken	dunkar	dunkarna
Genitive	dunks	dunkens	dunkars	dunkarnas

Derived terms

• bensindunk (“small gas (petrol) can”)
• jeepdunk (“jerry can”)

See also

• jerrykanna (“jerry can (Finland)”)

Etymology 2

Deverbal from dunka.

Noun

dunk c

1. a thump

   en ryggdunk

   a back thump (used idiomatically like "a slap on the back")

Declension

Declension of dunk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dunk	dunken	dunkar	dunkarna
Genitive	dunks	dunkens	dunkars	dunkarnas

Noun

dunk n

1. thumping, pounding (a dull beating sound)

   dunket från högtalarna

   the pounding of the speakers

Declension

Declension of dunk
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dunk	dunket	—	—
Genitive	dunks	dunkets	—	—

Derived terms

• dunka-dunka
• EPA-dunk

Interjection

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!

Coordinate terms

• knack (“knock”)

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English dunk.

Noun

dunk c

1. (sports) a dunk (in basketball)

Declension

Declension of dunk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dunk	dunken	dunkar	dunkarna
Genitive	dunks	dunkens	dunkars	dunkarnas

Related terms

• dunka

References

• dunk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dunk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dunk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kund