dunk

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.

• IPA^(key): /dʌŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

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

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].

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.

• IPA^(key): /dʏŋk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dunk
• Rhymes: -ʏŋk

Deverbal of dunken.

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.

Borrowed from English dunk.

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

1. (basketball) dunk

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dunk

1. inflection of dunken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• IPA^(key): /dʊŋk/

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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

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

1. a keg

• kagge

• “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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"]

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

• jerrykanna (“jerry can (Finland)”)

Deverbal from dunka.

dunk c

1. a thump

   en ryggdunk

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

dunk n

1. thumping, pounding (a dull beating sound)

   dunket från högtalarna

   the pounding of the speakers

• dunka-dunka
• EPA-dunk

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!

• knack (“knock”)

Unadapted borrowing from English dunk.

dunk c

1. (sports) a dunk (in basketball)

• dunka

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

• kund