What does DUNK mean?

Definitions for DUNK
dʌŋkdunk

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dunk, dunk shot, stuff shotverb

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

  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"

  3. dunkverb

    make a dunk shot, in basketball

    "He dunked the ball"

  4. dunk, dipverb

    dip into a liquid while eating

    "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

Wiktionary

  1. dunknoun

    The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.

    The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.

  2. dunkverb

    To submerge briefly in a liquid.

    I like to dunk my donut in my coffee.

  3. dunkverb

    To set down carelessly.

    Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.

  4. dunkverb

    To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

    The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

ChatGPT

  1. dunk

    A dunk refers to the action of dropping or plunging something or someone into a liquid or substance, usually for a brief period of time. In basketball, it is a type of shot where a player jumps in the air and scores by putting the ball directly into the net from above the rim with one or both hands.

Wikidata

  1. Dunk

    The Dunk was first introduced by Nike, Inc. in 1985. As the Nike Terminator’s "fraternal twin", originally having numerous colors in most sizes for various Universities and Colleges. Since its reintroduction in 1998, the Dunk has transformed from a basic basketball shoe into a subcultural icon and an inspiration for fashion, culture, and art.

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  1. DUNK

    What does DUNK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DUNK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DUNK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dunk is ranked #26910 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dunk surname appeared 902 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dunk.

    79.7% or 719 total occurrences were White.
    16.6% or 150 total occurrences were Black.
    3.2% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DUNK in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DUNK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of DUNK in a Sentence

  1. Robert Frick:

    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.

  2. Gwen Carr:

    Don't think that this is going to be a slam dunk, even though you have a video, i had a video for the whole world to see and they still didn't indict any cops in my son's case.

  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. James Maravelias:

    If Joe Biden think that trade union support is a slam dunk, they are sorely mistaken, as for Joe Biden, I am not sure where Joe Biden is on these issues. Haven't seen Joe Biden a long time.

  5. Brady Henderson:

    Not a slam dunk, but we’re confident that we can win on the federal court level.

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