dunked


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dunk/dʌŋk/
verb
  • 1 dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.

    ■ immerse in water.

  • 2 Basketball score by shooting the ball down through the basket with the hands above the rim.
noun Basketball a goal scored by dunking.
– derivatives
dunker noun.
– origin early 20th cent.: from Pennsylvanian Ger. dunke ‘dip’, from Ger. tunken ‘dip or plunge’.

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