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dunker

dunker

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A person who dips food into a drink before eating it
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌŋkər/
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  • At the party, everyone knew him as the ultimate dunker, always ready to dunk pastries into coffee.

Examples

  • He is a dedicated dunker, always enjoying his biscuits in a cup of tea.

  • - Good dunkers, them ginger nuts.

    The Duke (2021)

  • It's an OK tea dunker, but you don't like tea so that's the issue.

  • She watched as her friend became the best dunker, expertly dipping cookies into milk.

Surface Forms

dunker singular
dunkers plural

Morphology

dunker = dunk (transparent) = dunk + er

The noun is a straightforward agent noun formed from the verb 'dunk' and indicates a person who dips food into liquid.

Etymology

Dunker comes from the verb dunk, which means 'to dip something into a drink'. The ending -er names a person, so a dunker is simply someone who dips their food into a drink before eating it.