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Synonyms for dunk
dʌŋkdunk
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Princeton's WordNet
dunk, dunk shot, stuff shotverb
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
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stuff shot, dunk shotdunk, dip, souse, plunge, douseverb
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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engulf, hit it up, dim, engross, dump, dowse, dive, duck, launch, sink, steep, immerse, souse, sop, soak, plunk, dip, put out, plunge, soak up, drench, douse, inebriate, absorbdunkverb
make a dunk shot, in basketball
"He dunked the ball"
dunk, dipverb
dip into a liquid while eating
"She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
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#3232 | launch | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7140 | dive | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8056 | dump | |
#9094 | dip | |
#9389 | dim | |
#12815 | steep | |
#15816 | absorb | |
#19340 | soak | |
#19555 | plunge | |
#23797 | dunk | |
#25667 | sop | |
#40642 | immerse | |
#43203 | cinch | |
#67252 | drench | |
#73698 | engulf | |
#95819 | plunk | |
#110802 | douse | |
#145615 | dowse | |
#233923 | engross |
How to use dunk in a sentence?
It definitely felt like a slam dunk.
There is no government subsidy or funding whatsoever. It is a perfectly normal commercial deal, i can assure you Air Canada is no slam-dunk customer.
It’s such a slam dunk, those places have to have a TV in each room anyway. So this reduces staff inefficiencies. They can check in with patients remotely, and they can even have loved ones check in on them.
High prices not only slow sales, but they make downsizing difficult for many older Americans who were looking forward to making a big profit on the sale of their existing home and moving into a cheaper, downsized home, high housing prices have spread to many more cities around the country, and that's making downsizing to a smaller home not the financial slam-dunk it was even a couple years ago.
Its just a mouse with wings, when you cant dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news. So thats what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didnt think it was a big deal. Im going to be retiring soon if anybody has a pest problem.
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