Dunking
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dunking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of dunk.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of dunk.
More Meanings
- (basketball) Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.
- The act or process of briefly submerging or immersing an object or person in a liquid, as in dunking a cookie in milk, or dunking a playmate in the swimming pool.
Word Forms
- dunkings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plunge, douse, dip, souse, slam, soaking.
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