🔄 Synonyms of "Dunk"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| dipnoun | A 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. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dunk"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| plungeverb | (intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. |
| douseverb | (transitive) To put out; to extinguish. |
| dipnoun | A 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. |
| putverb | To physically place (something or someone somewhere). |
| dinkynoun | (informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive. |
| puttingnoun | The action or result of the verb put. |
| opinionnoun | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| kentnoun | A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel. |
| ducknoun | An 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 dipverb | To swim. |
| swan-diveverb | (figuratively) to plummet, drop rapidly |
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