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dunk::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dunk shot, stuff shot |
| Type of | basketball shot |
| Has types | slam dunk |
Examples of dunk
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Evans added a breakaway dunk in the final seconds for the last of his 10 points.
From the stltoday.com
Faried slammed home an alley-oop dunk and Harper made a basket for a 51-42 lead.
From the courier-journal.com
McGee opened the competition by getting a perfect score of 50 on his first dunk.
From the washingtonpost.com
His flying one-handed dunk over the Suns'Marcin Gortat was virtually Mozgov-ian.
From the latimes.com
Steamy, they arrive with a bowl of the house marinara, ready for a tug and dunk.
From the tennessean.com
Both featured Stepheson put-backs, including a thunderous dunk to make it 58-50.
From the ocregister.com
I think the case for George's claim looks pretty good, but it's not a slam-dunk.
From the timesunion.com
It was after an eighth-grade practice and I was trying and finally able to dunk.
From the post-gazette.com
You've got to slam-dunk more discipline on players now than you used to have to.
From the thestate.com
- A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
- 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"
- Dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"
- Dunk was a Canadian band from Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- To dunk is to dip biscuit (or cookie), bread, cake, or doughnut into a beverage, especially tea, coffee, or cold milk as in the popular American snack, milk and cookies. Dunking releases more flavour from confections by dissolving the sugars, while also softening their texture. ...
- Dunk, (1861 ? - March 30, 1917), a tuskless, male Asian Elephant, possibly from Ceylon, was the first elephant to reside at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.. He was gifted to the National Zoo on April 30, 1891 by James E. Cooper, owner and manager of the Adam Forepaugh Circus.
- The Dunkin' Donuts Center, also known as The Dunk, is an indoor arena, located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
- Dunking is a form of torture and punishment that was applied to scolds and supposed witches.
- The act of dunking, particularly in basketball; To submerge briefly in a liquid; To set down carelessly; To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power
