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dunker

dunker

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A basketball player who often scores by jumping and slamming the ball through the hoop
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌŋkər/
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  • Blake is becoming known as a powerful dunker in the league after his impressive performances.
  • the best dunker

Examples

  • Despite his height, Thornton proved he is a remarkable dunker by consistently scoring from the rim.

  • How is that better than the human highlight reel elevating over Kendrick Perkins! LeBron is a great player, way better than Blake, but come on people, the guy gives Blake his props as the superior dunker, why can't you?

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  • Don't get me wrong, Blake is a great dunker in games.

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  • You had two bigs in the dunker spot, either dunker spot, you had MO or Delante.

  • You job you got to put job crazy bro job might be probably crazy the best in game dunker today just cuz how small he is.

  • When it comes to rating the dunk, I think it depends on the perspective of the judge and the hype of the dunker.

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  • A certain a certain charisma, a certain a certain it factor, right, Shannon, Shannon Sharpe is a dunker, right?

  • At the tournament, the crowd would erupt every time the star player executed a phenomenal dunk as a skilled dunker.

Surface Forms

dunker singular
dunkers plural

Morphology

dunker = dunk (transparent) = dunk + er

Agent noun formed from the verb 'dunk' used in the specialized basketball sense; the formation is regular and understandable.

Etymology

Dunker also comes from the verb dunk, which can mean 'to push or slam something down' as in basketball. The ending -er makes it a person, so a dunker is a player who scores by dunking the ball into the hoop.