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# dunk

«dunk» in Mova's school dictionary: **to dip it quickly into a drink or liquid, like a biscuit…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (dunk, dunks, dunked, dunking); noun (a dunk, dunks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dunk food is to dip it quickly into a drink or liquid, like a biscuit into tea or milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#m1)

2) To dunk someone or something is to push them under water for a moment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#m2)

3) In basketball, to dunk is to jump up and push the ball down through the hoop; this shot is a dunk (slam dunk). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people dunk biscuits, cookies and doughnuts. In PE and sport, a slam dunk is a powerful basketball shot. In science, «dunk test» experiments show which biscuit holds together longest. «A slam dunk» also means something certain to succeed. Phrases: «dunk a biscuit», «slam dunk».

### examples

- He dunked his cookie in his milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x1)
- Don't dunk your biscuit too long or it will break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x2)
- The player jumped and dunked the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x3)
- We dunked our feet in the cold river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x4)
- That was an amazing slam dunk! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x5)
- She dunked the paintbrush in the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x6)
- We tested which biscuit could be dunked longest without breaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Safety: dunking someone under water as a joke is dangerous; never hold anyone under water. In a science test, time how many seconds each biscuit lasts.

### In the corpora

- [Never push, dunk or hold anyone under water, even in fun; people can hit the side, swallow water and drown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/20/)
- [Never push, dunk or hold anyone under water, even in fun; people can hit the side, swallow water and drown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/325-icy-playgrounds-hiking-edges-quarries-burns-rivers-bridges-and-pools/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dunk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dunk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.