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Word entry · 4 letters

dunk

Best crossword clue

"Basketball slam"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /dʌŋk/Part of speech noun, verbSorted dknuStarts with DEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).

Used in a sentence

  • I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
  • Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
  • The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

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