dunk

noun

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Senses

a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

dip the garment into the cleaning solution

make a dunk shot, in basketball

He dunked the ball

dip into a liquid while eating

She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	dunk
1	hypernym	Types & categories	basketball shot
1	hyponym	Types & categories	slam dunk
2	derivation	Related & opposite	dousing
2	derivation	Related & opposite	drenching
2	derivation	Related & opposite	plunge
2	derivation	Related & opposite	dipper
2	derivation	Related & opposite	plumber's helper
2	derivation	Related & opposite	dip
2	derivation	Related & opposite	Dunkard
2	hypernym	Types & categories	plunge
2	hyponym	Types & categories	sop
2	hyponym	Types & categories	duck
2	hyponym	Types & categories	dabble
3	derivation	Related & opposite	dunk
3	domain topic	Related & opposite	basketball
3	hypernym	Types & categories	shoot
3	hyponym	Types & categories	slam-dunk
4	derivation	Related & opposite	dipper
4	derivation	Related & opposite	dip
4	derivation	Related & opposite	dip
4	hypernym	Types & categories	eat