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Definitions for Dunker
ˈdʌŋ kər; -kərddunker

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dunkernoun

    an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it

    "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in"

  2. dunkernoun

    a basketball player who is able to make dunk shots

  3. Dunker, Dunkard, Tunkernoun

    an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

Wiktionary

  1. dunkernoun

    Someone who dunks.

  2. dunkernoun

    A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.

  3. Dunkernoun

    One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers.

Wikipedia

  1. Dunker

    A Dunker, also known as the Norwegian Hound, is a medium-sized breed of dog from Norway. It was bred by Wilhelm Dunker to be a scenthound by crossing a Russian Harlequin Hound with dependable Norwegian scent hounds. It is a very rare dog breed, and most Dunkers are found in Norway and Sweden. On average, 150 puppies from the Dunker breed are born each year.

ChatGPT

  1. dunker

    A dunker is primarily referred to as a person who performs a dunk, specifically in the context of sports like basketball where dunk is a type of shot. The term can also refer to a member of the Church of the Brethren, a Christian group often known as Dunkers due to their practice of full-immersion baptism. Furthermore, in a non-sporting context, a dunker could simply be someone who dunks things, for instance, a biscuit into a cup of tea.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dunkernoun

    one of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists

  2. Etymology: [G. tunken to dip.]

Wikidata

  1. Dunker

    A Dunker, also known as the Norwegian Hound, is a medium-sized breed of dog from Norway. It was bred by Wilhelm Dunker to be a scenthound by crossing a Russian Harlequin Hound with dependable Norwegian scent hounds.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dunker

    dungk′ėr, n. a member of a sect of German-American Baptists who practise triple immersion.—Also Tunk′er. [Ger.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DUNKER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dunker is ranked #19177 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dunker surname appeared 1,416 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dunker.

    91.6% or 1,297 total occurrences were White.
    4.7% or 67 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 27 total occurrences were Black.
    1.2% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dunker in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dunker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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