dunk
verb (used with object)
to dip (a doughnut, cake, etc.) into coffee, milk, or the like, before eating.
has dunked
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present perfectof dunk (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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LeBron James has dunked 63 times in 45 games this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
Belibi, who has dunked three times in college, knows there are others already in college who can do it, but may not want to because they are afraid to miss.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
Those two plays are all the more incredible when you realize that, before Thursday, no Lakers player has dunked since 2010.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
Shuler has dunked so rarely in his high school career that he was stunned himself.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2014
It was the second time a woman has dunked in a tournament game, and Griner mostly shrugged it off, , because she could actually dunk more than she does.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2012
