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Dunk

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plungeverb(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
sousenoun(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
dipnounA lower section of a road or geological feature.
dunk shotnoun(basketball) A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop.
douseverb(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.

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WordDefinition
plungeverb(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
douseverb(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
dipnounA lower section of a road or geological feature.
sousenoun(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
dunk shotnoun(basketball) A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop.
soakverb(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
divenoun(intransitive) To swim under water.
marknoun(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
slamnoun(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
cinchnoun(informal) Something that is very easy to do.
putverbTo physically place (something or someone somewhere).
dinkynoun(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
puttingnounThe action or result of the verb put.
opinionnounA belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
kentnounA maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
ducknounAn aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
dabbleverb(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
dunk onverb(transitive, informal) To better or surpass (someone) in a way that is humiliating for them.
take a dipverbTo swim.
swan-diveverb(figuratively) to plummet, drop rapidly

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