dunking

[duhng-king]

noun

1. the action of plunging or being plunged into water or other liquid.

   Learning to canoe cost her several dunkings.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dunking¹

First recorded in 1915–20; dunk + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Pickleball may be everywhere, but it’s continuing to mature as a serious sport, and Waters is its Michael Jordan—if Michael Jordan was dunking on Naismith’s peach baskets.

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He starts each morning by folding his hands in prayer, dunking his face in a sink full of ice water afterward.

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"It feels like a big undertaking but you're just slicing bread, you're dunking it in some eggs, and calling it a day."

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We banged out meals for a while, Lydia amusing us with her usual patter, Tommy dunking clams and shrimp into hot grease, the usual ebb and flow of a busy kitchen.

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“You got better. You don’t just get better. Comedy is like sports. Nobody starts dunking at 60 years old.”

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