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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How to use dunk in a sentence?

1. Tyrese Maxey:

   I was thinking either he’s going to dunk on me, or I’m going to get this block, it’s one of those you have to put your body on the line.

2. Rian Whitton:

   That was quite a slam dunk, they scaled it very impressively and in a short period of time.

3. Allen Iverson:

   Michael Jackson is my favorite artist of all time, and it was like the closest thing to a Michael Jackson concert to me on a basketball level, i don't think a dunk contest will ever be duplicated in that fashion ever again.

4. Tom Ruggio:

   It's pretty fascinating. So, not only do we get a strong -- pretty much as I call a slam-dunk -- attribution because of the connecting paintings, but we also get a look at its process.

5. Bette Davis:

   To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to seat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.