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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
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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
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At home, she sliced corn bread to dunk in thick cane syrup.
Iron lace
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