dunk
English
Etymology
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”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʌŋk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌŋk
Verb
dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)
- To submerge briefly in a liquid.
- I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
- To set down carelessly.
- Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
- (transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
- The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
- (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].
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Noun
dunk (plural dunks)
- The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
- The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.
- 2009 August 18, Natalie Angier, “Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”, in New York Times:
- To rattle the rats to the point where their stress response remained demonstrably hyperactive, the researchers exposed the animals to four weeks of varying stressors: moderate electric shocks, being encaged with dominant rats, prolonged dunks in water.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʏŋk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dunk
- Rhymes: -ʏŋk
Etymology 1
Deverbal of dunken.
Noun
dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)
- opinion
- Zij heeft geen hoge dunk van de nieuwe soep.
- She doesn't have a positive opinion about the new soup.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʊŋk/
Noun
dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)
- a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock
Synonyms
References
- “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna.
Noun
dunk c
- a (usually plastic) container shaped somewhat like a jerry can
- 1994, Krymplings (lyrics and music), “Dunken [The [plastic] jerry can]”, in Krymplings:
- Jag är dunken, skattefria dunken. Jag skänker glädje, och jag, jag skänker mod. Jag är dunken, skattefria dunken. Jag är vännen hela dan [dagen].
- I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I bring [give] joy, and I, I [redundant "jag"] bring courage. I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I'm the friend all day / a great friend ["hela da(ge)n" (all day) is a colloquial, idiomatic expression of praise, most commonly as "grabben hela dan"]
Declension
Declension of dunk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dunk | dunken | dunkar | dunkarna |
Genitive | dunks | dunkens | dunkars | dunkarnas |
Derived terms
- bensindunk (“small gas (petrol) can”)
- jeepdunk (“jerry can”)
See also
- jerrykanna (“jerry can (Finland)”)
Etymology 2
Deverbal from dunka.
Declension
Declension of dunk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dunk | dunken | dunkar | dunkarna |
Genitive | dunks | dunkens | dunkars | dunkarnas |
Noun
dunk n
Declension
Declension of dunk | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | dunk | dunket | — | — |
Genitive | dunks | dunkets | — | — |
Derived terms
Interjection
dunk
Coordinate terms
- knack (“knock”)
Declension
Declension of dunk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dunk | dunken | dunkar | dunkarna |
Genitive | dunks | dunkens | dunkars | dunkarnas |