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Meaning of dunk

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dunk
      n 1: a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled
           downward into the basket [syn: {dunk}, {dunk shot}, {stuff
           shot}]
      v 1: 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" [syn: {dunk}, {dip},
           {souse}, {plunge}, {douse}]
      2: make a dunk shot, in basketball; "He dunked the ball"
      3: dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of
         bread in the sauce" [syn: {dunk}, {dip}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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