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dunk
 
Noun dunk has 1 sense
  1. dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot - a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
    --1 is a kind of basketball shot
    --1 has particulars: slam dunk
    Derived form: verb dunk2
Verb dunk has 3 senses
  1. dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse - 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"
    --1 is one way to immerse, plunge
    Derived form: noun Dunkard1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. dunk - make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball"
    --2 is one way to     shoot
    Derived form: noun dunk1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. dunk, dip - dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
    --3 is one way to eat
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
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