to dunk
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2.7
- verb
- /dʌŋk/
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- I like to dunk my cookies in milk before eating them.
- dunked a doughnut
- dunked bread
- dunked in coffee
Would you or would you not ever dunk your face in ice water?
- Would you or would you not ever dunk your face in ice water?
- So I'm just going to dunk them in Dunkin' Donuts.
- So next step is to dunk myself in a healthy serving of powder.
- I'm going to grab it cut and I'm going to dunk this thing.
Examples
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With him, she dunked some bread into the tea and ate it.
Fiction book (1996) -
We dunk biscuits into it.
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Now watch what happens to this shape when I dunk it in water.
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Would you or would you not ever dunk your face in ice water?
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Then dunk your head in the bucket until I call you back.
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The children dunk their heads under and breathe out bubbles.
Fiction book (1997) -
That's right, go on, you can dunk again.
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I like to dunk my taters.
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I just took the whole bag and just dunked it into a big bucket of water overnight.
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"Eat lots of soup; it's easy to swallow. Dunk the bread in it, then it won't get stuck," she added.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out again
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2.7
To put something quickly into a liquid and take it out
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4.9
To put something briefly into a liquid
1
7.3
To dip food briefly into a liquid like soup or sauce
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9.9
To dip briefly into water to cool off
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Etymology
Dunk probably comes from a simple sound word for something hitting a liquid, like 'plop' or 'splash'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of dunk like dip — a quick plunge into a liquid, such as a cookie into milk.