sunk

[ suhngk ]

/ sʌŋk /

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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

half-sunk, adjectiveun·sunk, adjective

Words nearby sunk

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How to use sunk in a sentence

And my beloved Zimbabwe has sunk from a promising beacon into an abyss of greed and dictatorship.
How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It)|Todd Moss|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cargo holds are still stocked with munition, though the weaponry sunk with the ships is still considered dangerous.
A WWII Battle Frozen in Time|Nina Strochlic|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Kentucky freshman sunk his third game-winning three-pointer in a row, launching fresh claims about his ‘clutch gene.’
Was Aaron Harrison’s Game-Winning Three-Pointer ‘Clutch’?|Robert Silverman|April 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Soros and his fellow Democratic heavyweights sunk millions into ACT, funding anti-Bush advertising and turnout efforts.
The Democrats’ Dumb Koch Strategy|Kristen Soltis Anderson|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But how many of us, thus sunk in despair, have not been vaulted back to equilibrium by another look at Groundhog Day?
Harold Ramis’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Is About as Perfect as a Movie Gets|Malcolm Jones|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was contemporary with Milton, and preferred before him by critics of the day, but has now sunk into oblivion.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Alessandro walked at the horses' heads, his face sunk on his breast, his eyes fixed on the ground.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
His search has always hitherto been fruitless, and he has sunk back, disheartened, into the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Jamestown was for a long time the capital of the state, but has sunk into ruin, and is almost desolate.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
With a low moan her head sunk upon the old man's knee, and she shook and trembled with violent emotion.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie

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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