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Dunk

Dunk meaning

To submerge briefly in a liquid. | To set down carelessly. | To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.

Example sentences (20)

Henderson had a nice windwill dunk at the end of the fourth quarter and a between-the-legs dunk at the end of the game, which pretty much turned into a dunk contest.

Carter wanted a lob for a dunk on the break, but Conley just looked behind him and went for the dunk himself.

In the interview, Norton tells a story (which starts at 0:14) about how he was unable to make the basketball dunk, requiring the rim to be lowered so he could make it look like he was jumping to dunk the ball.

They also participated in a dunk-a-punk charity game and offered three chances to show off their pitching skills in an effort to send various performing artists into the dunk tank.

And Generation X dunk the most biscuits, with one in three saying they dunk “often” – closely followed by Millennials (29 percent) and Baby Boomers (29 percent).

Comme des Garçons’ latest Dunk collaboration, a spiritual follow-up to a clear Dunk Hi from 2017, exemplifies Rei Kawakubo’s drive to continually create new things.

Lewis Dunk, who is set to take the captaincy full time, has been persistently linked with a move from his hometown club this summer but Potter insists Dunk has been the consummate professional.

The creativity of the dunk ultimately landed Mitchell a perfect score (50) on the dunk.

Vince photographed about to slam dunk during the NBA Allstar Game Slam Dunk Contest on February 13, 2000.

A basket by LaMelo Ball pulled the Hornets to within 10, but Trent's three followed by a big dunk by Anunoby all but stuffed the Hornets' hopes for a win.

A couple of possessions later, he threw down another dunk to cap a 9-0 Purdue run and make it a 31-29 game.

A dunk by Davis and a layup by James allowed the Lakers to move within 92-86 with 3:48 left in the contest.

A dunk by junior center Matthew Nicholson assisted by Audige snapped the Cats scoring draught and sparked the offense once again.

A dunk by Meah gave Washington a 16-9 lead at the 11:49 mark of the first half.

A dunk by Raynaud and a campaign of layups led by Angel shut down the Hornet’s attempts to close the gap.

After Basile answered with a dunk, Ryan hit another three-pointer for Notre Dame, stretching the lead to five.

After six league games without a win, Brighton hung on after Forest pulled it back to 3-2 with a Morgan Gibbs-White penalty in the 76th minute which saw Brighton's Lewis Dunk sent off for protesting.

Air Force Falcons guard Kellan Boylan (23) attempts and misses a dunk in the first half of the home game against the Omaha Mavericks on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023.

A pro-Jokic crowd watched him soar for a first-half dunk, and then roared when he buried a 3-pointer.

As I say, this seemed like it should have been a slam dunk for him to do his own spin on this story but.