# dunk
## English
### Etymology

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʌŋk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌŋk

### Verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)
* (transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid.
    I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.
* (transitive) To set down carelessly.
    Parents shouldn't just dunk their kids in front of the TV.
* (ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
    The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.
* (intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [with on].

#### Derived terms

* dunkable
* dunker
* dunk on
* dunk out

#### Translations
### Noun

dunk (plural dunks)
* The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.
    The point guard threaded a pass with pinpoint precision to the power forward for an easy dunk.
    She gave the biscuit a dunk in her cup of milk.
** 2009 August 18, Natalie Angier, “Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”, in New York Times‎:To rattle the rats to the point where their stress response remained demonstrably hyperactive, the researchers exposed the animals to four weeks of varying stressors: moderate electric shocks, being encaged with dominant rats, prolonged dunks in water.

#### Derived terms

* dunkable
* dunker
* dunkfest

#### Translations
### Related terms

* dunk shot
* dunk tank
* reverse dunk
* slam dunk
* thunderdunk

### See also

* alley oop
* jam
* slam

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʏŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dunk
* Rhymes: -ʏŋk

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of dunken.

#### Noun

dunk m (uncountable, diminutive dunkje n)
* opinion
    Zij heeft geen hoge dunk van de nieuwe soep.She doesn't have a positive opinion about the new soup.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English dunk.

#### Noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)
* (basketball) dunk

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dunk
* inflection of dunken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʊŋk/

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
dunk n (definite singular dunket, indefinite plural dunk, definite plural dunka)
* a knock (impact), or the sound of such a knock

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

dunk m (definite singular dunken, indefinite plural dunkar, definite plural dunkane)
* a keg

##### Synonyms

* kagge

### References

* “dunk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German tunneke, a diminutive of tunne (“barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna.

#### Noun

dunk c
* a (usually plastic) container shaped somewhat like a jerry can
** 1994, Krymplings, “Dunken [The [plastic] jerry can]”, in Krymplings‎:Jag är dunken, skattefria dunken. Jag skänker glädje, och jag, jag skänker mod. Jag är dunken, skattefria dunken. Jag är vännen hela dan [dagen].I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I bring [give] joy, and I, I [redundant "jag"] bring courage. I'm the jerry can, the tax-free jerry can. I'm the friend all day / a great friend ["hela da(ge)n" (all day) is a colloquial, idiomatic expression of praise, most commonly as "grabben hela dan"]

##### Derived terms

* bensindunk (“small gas (petrol) can”)
* jeepdunk (“jerry can”)

##### See also

* jerrykanna (“jerry can (Finland)”)

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from dunka.

#### Noun

dunk c
* a thump
    en ryggdunka back thump (used idiomatically like "a slap on the back")

##### Declension
#### Noun

dunk n
* thumping, pounding (a dull beating sound)
    dunket från högtalarnathe pounding of the speakers

##### Derived terms

* dunka-dunka
* EPA-dunk

#### Interjection

dunk
* (sound) bang (heavy knock or pounding)
    Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!Bang! Bang! Bang!
* (sound) oontz (sound of pounding bass)
    Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!Oontz! Oontz! Oontz!

##### Coordinate terms

* knack (“knock”)

### Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English dunk.

#### Noun

dunk c
* (sports) a dunk (in basketball)

##### Declension
### Related terms

* dunka

### References

* dunk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dunk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dunk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* kund