dunk

dunk is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
2. verb. dip into a liquid while eating

   "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"

   Synonyms: dip

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

   "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"

   "dip the brush into the paint"

   Synonyms: dip, douse, plunge, souse

4. verb. make a dunk shot, in basketball

   "He dunked the ball"

Synonyms

dip, douse, plunge, souse

Common word forms

dunks, dunked, dunker, dunking

Words from these letters

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