dunking

American  

[duhng-king] / ˈdʌŋ kɪŋ /

noun

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

   Learning to canoe cost her several dunkings.

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Etymology

Origin of dunking

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

Example Sentences

I tore through half a bottle in a week—drizzling it over salads, spooning it onto seafood, and, of course, dunking torn-up hunks of crusty French bread.

From Salon

But the dunking spawned the legend of the "Curse of the Colonel" that said the Tigers would never win another title until the effigy was recovered.

From Barron's

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

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

From BBC