v.
- dip (bread or other food) into a drink or soup before eating it.
▸immerse in water.
- Basketball score by shooting the ball down through the basket with the hands above the rim.
n.
Basketball a goal scored by dunking.
Derivative
Etymology
early 20th cent.: from Pennsylvanian Ger. dunke ‘dip’, from Ger. tunken ‘dip or plunge’.