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dunk - a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket |
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basketball shot throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out"
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slam dunk a forceful dunk
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| Verb |
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dunk - immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" |
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dip,
souse,
plunge,
douse |
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immerse,
plunge thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"
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sop dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"
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dip,
douse,
duck stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
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dabble bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water; "dabbling ducks"
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dunk - dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" |
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dip |
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eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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dunk - make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball" |
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shoot produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
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basketball,
basketball game,
hoops a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
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slam-dunk make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk
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