Synonyms for dunk
dʌŋkdunk

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1. dunk, dunk shot, stuff shotverb

   a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

   Synonyms:
   stuff shot, dunk shot

2. dunk, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, absorb

3. dunkverb

   make a dunk shot, in basketball

   "He dunked the ball"

   Synonyms:
   douse, plunge, souse, dip

4. dunk, dipverb

   dip into a liquid while eating

   "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

   Synonyms:
   plunge, duck, douse, souse, dip, dim, sink

Matched Categories

1. • Basketball
   • Immerse
   • Shoot

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "dunk":

   cinch, soak

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1. Brittney Griner:

   It was turning out to be such a great night. A dunk, won some money for a fan, had over 600 shoes brought in, it definitely didnt turn out that way at the end.

2. Giannis Antetokounmpo:

   When I came to the league that was the first thing I ate. Because when I was Giannis Antetokounmpo -LRB- 34 -RRB-, I was always craving them and I could never afford them. People are gon na spend money on cars and chains and I bought Oreos, i ate them for like a month straight, so I got sick of them, right ? TIMBERWOLVES' ANTHONY EDWARDS THROWS DOWN INCREDIBLE DUNK -- BUT IT DOES N'T COUNT Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo( 34) is fouled by Orlando Magic guard Terrence Ross, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Milwaukee. ( AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps).

3. Manu Ginobili:

   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.

4. Mark Ramseyer:

   There are very few prosecutors in Japan. They are massively overworked. Given the workload, they focus first on the slam dunk, guilty-as-sin cases. They don't have time for the' maybe he did it, maybe he didn't cases,'.

5. Richard Grenell:

   First of all I don't believe any polls that say people are satisfied with Gavin Newsome's leadership. I can tell you unequivocally the majority of Californians are not, now, that's not to say that the recall is a slam dunk. What we have to be able to do is remind people of Gavin Newsom's leadership.