dunk
Word family verbdunknoundunker
dunk /dʌŋk/ verb 1 [transitiveT]DF to quickly put something into a liquid and take it out again, especially something you are eating 把〔尤指吃的东西〕浸一浸,蘸一蘸 Jill dunked her ginger biscuit in her tea. 吉尔把姜味饼干在茶里蘸了一下。
I dunked my head under the water and scrubbed at my hair. 我把头浸到水里揉搓头发。
► see thesaurus at put 2. DSS[transitiveT] American EnglishAmE to push someone under water for a short time as a joke 将 〔某人〕按到水里片刻〔作为玩笑〕 SYN British English duck —dunk noun [countableC]
→5 see picture at 见图 basketball Origin dunk (1900-2000) Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken