Definitions For Dunk

noun

  • A basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
  • A shot that is made by jumping high in the air and pushing the ball down through the basket

verb

  • Dip into a liquid while eating
  • Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
  • Make a dunk shot, in basketball
  • To dip (food) quickly into a liquid (such as coffee or milk) while eating
  • To push (someone or something) under water or other liquid for a short amount of time
  • To jump high in the air and push (the ball) down through the basket

Is Dunk a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11

The word Dunk is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dunk in a Sentence

  • I like to dunk my doughnut in my coffee.
  • She dunked him while they were swimming.
  • He dunked the ladle into the soup.
  • The pass led to a dunk.

Synonyms for Dunk

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