Coffee has initially been a food ā chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
DUNK
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; āShe dunked the piece of bread in the sauceā
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; ādip the garment into the cleaning solutionā; ādip the brush into the paintā
dunk
(verb) make a dunk shot, in basketball; āHe dunked the ballā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Dunk (plural Dunks)
A surname.
Statistics
• 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.
Etymology
Verb
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 .
Noun
dunk (plural dunks)
The act of dunking, particularly in basketball.
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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