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Meanings of dunk in English

Portuguese
mergulhar
Catalan
submergir
Spanish
empapar

Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate.

        mergulhar

        A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket.

              Usage of dunk in English
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              Ibaka's dunk two minutes later put the Raptors ahead by 14 points.
              Reuters
              2
              Despite the HD programming, Voom is far from a slam-dunk for consumers.
              Wired
              3
              The Eagles pulled within seven in the final minute on Morrow's dunk.
              Reuters
              4
              His only 2-point hoop came on his second dunk of the season.
              Reuters
              5
              But the high-stakes issue is not necessarily a slam dunk for GM.
              Reuters
              6
              Strangely enough, its Achilles' heel was a dunk in a nearby river.
              Wired
              7
              After Lamar Peters sank two free throws, Lawrence scored on a dunk.
              Reuters
              8
              They're a hot commodity with the potential to be a slam-dunk investment.
              BBC
              9
              Yet none of that pleases Kyle Korver as much as his dunk.
              Reuters
              10
              Valanciunas came back with a dunk to stretch the margin to 11.
              Reuters
              11
              That could pose problems for what once seemed like a slam dunk.
              Reuters
              12
              It's a basketball dunk, three-pointing a basketball in LA from New York.
              The new yorker
              13
              The first came on an alley-oop dunk off a pass from Watson.
              Reuters
              14
              Cambridge hit four 3-pointers and added a dunk to fuel the spurt.
              Reuters
              15
              Who doesn't love to watch people dunk on their co-workers on Twitter?
              NY Magazine
              16
              At home, she sliced corn bread to dunk in thick cane syrup.
              Iron lace
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