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dunking

[ duhng-king ]
/ ˈdʌŋ kɪŋ /
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noun
the action of plunging or being plunged into water or other liquid: Learning to canoe cost her several dunkings.
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Origin of dunking

First recorded in 1915–20; dunk + -ing1
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