dunk, dunk shot, stuff shot
(noun) a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
dunk, dip
(verb) dip into a liquid while eating; “She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(verb) 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”
dunk
(verb) make a dunk shot, in basketball; “He dunked the ball”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Dunk (plural Dunks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunk is the 26910th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 902 individuals. Dunk is most common among White (79.71%) and Black/African American (16.63%) individuals.
dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)
To submerge briefly in a liquid.
To set down carelessly.
(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
(intransitive, internet slang) To put down on social media .
dunk (plural dunks)
The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
Source: Wiktionary
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
