sunk
[ suhngk ]
/ sʌŋk /
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of sink.
adjective
Informal. beyond help; done for; washed up: If they catch you cheating, you're really sunk.
Nautical. (of a forecastle or poop) raised less than a full deck above the weather deck of a ship.
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Origin of sunk
First recorded in 1925–30 for def. 2
OTHER WORDS FROM sunk
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British Dictionary definitions for sunk
sunk
/ (sʌŋk) /
verb
a past participle of sink
adjective
informal with all hopes dashed; ruinedif the police come while we're opening the safe, we'll be sunk
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